Images above and transcript below from the original letter at the Library of Congress London Sep. 15, 1789 My Dear Sir By some accident your favour of the 23d July did not come to hand till a few days ago. It had lain at Mr. Claggets in America Square — On my return to London […]
Images above and transcript below from the original letter at the Library of Congress Rotherham, Yorkshire July 13, 1789 Dear Sir I have not yet received my answer to my two last, the one by Messrs Parker & Cutting, the other by Post with the particulars of Ledyard’s death from Sir Joseph Banks and Mr.
Images above and transcript below from the original letter at the Library of Congress London June 18th, 1789 Dear Sir I wrote you last night by Mr. Parker & this morning received the following from Sir Joseph Banks “Sir Jos. Banks sends his compts. to Mr. Paine and has the honor for his and Mr.
Images above and transcript below from the original at the Library of Congress London June 17th, 1789 Dear Sir I received your last to the 21st May. I am just now informed of Msrs. Parker and Cutting setting off tomorrow morn for Paris by whom this will be delivered to you — Nothing new is
Images above and transcript below from the original letter at the Library of Congress Explanatory Circumstances 1 — The lost dispatches are dated Octr 6th & Oct 7th. — they were sent by a private hand, — that is, they were not sent by the post. — Capt. Folger had the charge of them. —
First page above. All 6 pages and transcript below from the original letter at the Library of Congress April 10th Msrs. Parker and Rumsey having set off for Paris prevented me the opportunity of sending you the former part — Your favor of March 17th. came safe to hand for which I am obliged to
February 26th, 1789 & March 12, 1789 No. 13 BROAD STREET BUILDINGS DEAR SIR: A few days ago I received a letter from Mr. Foljambe in which he says “I saw the Rib of your Bridge. In point of elegance and beauty it far exceeded my expectations, and is certainly beyond anything I ever saw.”
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First page above. Images of all 11 pages available from Library of Congress February, 16th, 1789 No. 13, BROAD STREET BUILDINGS (LONDON, ENGLAND), DEAR SIR: Your favor of the 23rd February continued to the 11th of January came safe to hand for which I thank you. I begin this without knowing of any opportunity of
Images above and transcript below from the original letter from the Library of Congress After I got home, being alone and wanting amusement I sat down to explain to myself (for there is such a thing) my Ideas of natural and civil rights and the distinction between them — I send them to you to
Images above and transcript below from the original letter at the Library of Congress London Dec. 16 1788 Dear Sir I write you by Mr. Quesney — I also wrote you a long letter of (I believe) 14 or 16 pages enclosing a Philadelphia News paper with the account of the Procession on the 4th
Front page above. All 8 pages and transcript below of the original letter at the Library of Congress Sepr. 15th — This letter was intended to go by the last dispatches of Mr. Bartholemey but was late — I have since seen a New-York paper of the 8th of August in which there is a
First page shown above. All 11 pages and the original letter can be found at the Library of Congress London, Broad Street Building, No. 13, Sep. 9th, 1788 Dear Sir That I am a bad correspondent is so general a Complaint against me, that I must expect the same accusation from you — But hear
