Confederation Series (1 January 1784–23 September 1788) | Volume 5 (1 February 1787–31 December 1787) | Documents | John Armstrong to George Washington, 2 March 1787
Samuel A. Otis to John Langdon, 26 February 1789Silas Lee to George Thatcher, 7 March 1789James Sullivan to George Thatcher, 8 March 1789William Maclay to John Lukens, 13 March 1789Letter from New York, 15 March 1789Nathaniel Appleton to George Thatcher, 15 March 1789John Langdon to Joshua Brackett, 21 March 1789Silas Lee to George Thatcher, 22 March 1789Jasper Yeates to William Hamilton, 23 March 1789Hudson Muse to Samuel Griffin, 25 March 1789Martha Dangerfield Bland to Anne "Nancy" H. S. Livingston, 26 March 1789Henry Wynkoop to Reading Beatty, 27 March 1789John Fitch to George Clymer and Thomas Fitzsimons, 28 March 1789Estimate of the Revenue and Annual Expense of the Government, [March 1789 Undated?]Pierce Butler to Thomas Butler, 5 April 1789George Thatcher to Nathaniel Barrell, 5 April 1789James Mathers to John Adams, 8 April 1789James Gunn to James Whitefield, 10 April 1789Silas Lee to George Thatcher, 11 April 1789Arthur Lee to Anne "Nancy" H. S. Livingston, 13 April 1789John Adams to Abigail Adams, 19 April 1789Abigail Adams to John Adams, 22 April 1789Eliza Susan Morton Quincy, Description of Washington’s Entrance into New York City, 23 April 1789Joseph Whipple to John Langdon, 23 April 1789William Maclay to Alexander Tod, 25 April 1789Samuel A. Otis to Robert R. Livingston, 25 April 1789Abigail Adams to John Adams, 26 April 1789Samuel A. Otis to Robert R. Livingston, 27 April 1789John Beatty to George Washington, 28 April 1789Jeremiah Freeman to Henry Knox, 30 April 1789Eliza Susan Morton Quincy, Description of the Inauguration, 30 April 1789Members’ Residences, April–May 1789Richard Bache to Sarah Franklin Bache, 1 May 1789John May to Abigail May, 1 May 1789Tobias Lear to George Augustine Washington, 3 May 1789Debate in the House of Representatives, 4 May 1789Col. Robert Oliver to a Gentleman in Massachusetts, 5 May 1789Thomas Fitzsimons, State of Tonnage in the United States, 6 May 1789Abigail Adams to John Adams, 7 May 1789A Bill for collecting Duties on Goods, Wares, and Merchandizes, imported into the United States [HR-3], 8 May 1789Elbridge Gerry, Josiah Parker, and William Smith (Md.) to the Governors of the States, 9 May 1789Edward Church to George Washington, 11 May 1789Victor Marie du Pont de Nemours to Éleuthère Iréné du Pont de Nemours, 15 May 1789Victor Marie du Pont de Nemours to Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours, 15 May 1789David Ramsay to John Kean, 15 May 1789Philip B. Bradley to George Washington, 16 May 1789George Thatcher to Silas Lee, 16 May 1789Robert Purviance to George Washington, 19 May 1789Anthony Wayne to the Pennsylvania Delegation, 19 May 1789Dudley Atkins Tyng to George Thatcher, 20 May 1789Aedanus Burke to Henry Knox, 21 May 1789Samuel Deane to George Thatcher, 21 May 1789Newspaper Article, 22 May 1789Abigail Adams to John Adams, 26 May 1789Newspaper Article, 27 May 1789Newspaper Article, 27 May 1789Alexander Hodgdon to Elbridge Gerry, 30 May 1789Abigail Adams to John Adams, 31 May 1789William Worthington to George Washington, 2 June 1789Benjamin Brown to George Thatcher, 4 June 1789George Thatcher to Nathaniel Barrell, 4 June 1789Abigail Adams to John Adams, 7 June 1789George Thatcher to James Freeman, 7 June 1789George Thatcher to Dudley Atkins Tyng, 7 June 1789George Thatcher to Dudley Atkins Tyng, 8 June 1789Abigail Adams to John Adams, 14 June 1789George Thatcher to James Freeman, 14 June 1789John Beatty to George Washington, 17 June 1789Silas Lee to George Thatcher, 18 June 1789Debate in the House of Representatives, 18 June 1789Samuel Henshaw to George Washington, 18 June 1789Thomas Melvill to George Washington, 18 June 1789John Adams to Benjamin Rush, 19 June 1789George Thatcher to William Widgery, 19 June 1789William Davis to George Washington, 20 June 1789Newspaper Article, 20 June 1789James Jackson to Mordecai Sheftall, 21 June 1789James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 21 June 1789Dudley Atkins Tyng to George Thatcher, 21 June 1789James Freeman to George Thatcher, 22 June 1789Newspaper Article, 22 June 1789Debate in the House of Representatives, 23 June 1789Eleazer Russell to John Langdon, 24 June 1789George Clymer to Levi Hollingsworth, 26 June 1789George Thatcher to Dudley Atkins Tyng, 27 June 1789Abigail Adams to Mary Cranch, 28 June 1789John Adams to Cotton Tufts, 28 June 1789George Thatcher to Silas Lee, 28 June 1789Edward Church to George Washington, 1 July 1789Jeremiah Nichols to George Washington, 1 July 1789Debate in the House of Representatives, 1 July 1789John Davidson to George Washington, 2 July 1789James Shaw to George Washington, 2 July 1789William Widgery to George Thatcher, 3 July 1789Anthony Wayne to Pierce Butler and Ralph Izard, 4 July 1789GUS, 4 July 1789Jonathan Grout to Jonathan Grout, Jr., 5 July 1789Dudley Atkins Tyng to George Thatcher, 6 July 1789Michel-Guillaume St. Jean de Crèvecoeur to Marie-Joseph, marquis de LaFayette, 8 July 1789Michael Hodge to George Washington, 8 July 1789William Davis to George Washington, 9 July 1789Sturgis Gorham to George Washington, 9 July 1789Jonathan Grout to Jonathan Grout, Jr., 9 July 1789Cyrus Griffin to George Washington, 10 July 1789Samuel Smedley to George Washington, 11 July 1789Abigail Adams to Mary Cranch, 12 July 1789Jonathan Grout to Jonathan Grout, Jr., 12 July 1789Clement Skerrett to George Washington, 13 July 1789Silvanus Bourn to George Washington, 14 July 1789Richard Harris to George Washington, 14 July 1789George Thatcher to Silas Lee, 14 July 1789Rufus Putnam to George Washington, 15 July 1789George Thatcher to Nathaniel Barrell, 16 July 1789Samuel Caldwell to George Washington, 17 July 1789William Prentis to Samuel Griffin, 19 July 1789John Mitchell to George Washington, 20 July 1789Peter Muhlenberg’s annotated copy of Poor Will’s Pocket Almanack for the Year 1789 (Philadelphia [1788])Herbert McElroy to George Washington, 21 July 1789Benjamin Rush to John Adams, 21 July 1789NYJ, 21 July 1789John D. Mercier to George Washington, 22 July 1789James Iredell to Pierce Butler, 25 July 1789Rachel Levy to George Washington, 26 July 1789George Washington to David Stuart, 26 July 1789Roger Sherman to John Adams, 27 July 1789Prudence to Messieurs Edes, 27 July 1789John Miller to George Washington, 27 July 1789Samuel Adams to Elbridge Gerry, 28 July 1789Buchner Stith, Sr. to Samuel Griffin, 28 July 1789William Thompson to George Washington, 28 July 1789GUS, 29 July 1789Robert Walker to George Washington, 30 July 1789Comfort Sage to George Washington, 31 July 1789Joseph Savage to George Thatcher, 31 July 1789Patrick Dennis to George Washington, July 1789George Thatcher to Philip Theobald, July 1789July 1789 UndatedStephen Sewall to George Washington, 1 August 1789Jonathan Grout to Jonathan Grout, Jr., 2 August 1789George Thatcher to Dudley Atkins Tyng, 2 August 1789Elbridge Gerry to Joseph Whipple, 3 August 1789Richard Henry Lee to William Shippen, Jr., 4 August 1789Debate in the House of Representatives, 4 August 1789Dudley Atkins Tyng to George Thatcher, 7 August 1789Samuel Vaughan, Jr. to Benjamin Franklin, 7 August 1789Comfort Sage to George Washington, 8 August 1789Abigail Adams to Mary Cranch, 9 August 1789George Washington to Ralph Izard, 10 August 1789Spence Grayson to George Washington, 11 August 1789Samuel B. Webb to George Washington, 12 August 1789Samuel Hodgdon to Elbridge Gerry, 16 August 1789George Clymer to Benjamin Rush, 17 August 1789Debate in the House of Representatives, 17 August 1789On a Gentleman’s Newly Wearing His Hair Tied, 17 August 1789Benjamin Huntington, Jonathan Trumbull, and Jonathan Sturges to George Phillips, 18 August 1789Andrew Porter to George Washington, 24 August 1789George Turner to George Washington, 24 August 1789Jonathan Dayton to John C. Symmes, 25 August 1789Joseph Whipple to John Langdon, 25 August 1789Thomas Fitzsimons to Benjamin Rush, 27 August 1789Jonathan Grout to Jonathan Grout, Jr., 28 August 1789Philip B. Bradley to George Washington, 29 August 1789James Iredell to Hugh Williamson, 29 August 1789Matthew McAllister to George Washington, 29 August 1789Gustavus Scott to George Washington, 30 August 1789The Dangerous Vice ———, August 1789Jonathan Grout to Jonathan Grout, Jr., 3 September 1789Robert R. Livingston, Speech on the propriety of erecting a federal Town, 5? September 1789Jonathan Grout to Jonathan Grout, Jr., 6 September 1789Q. to the New-Jersey Journal, 9 September 1789John Blagge to George Washington, 10 September 1789NYDA, 12 September 1789John Conway to George Washington, 13 September 1789John H. Purviance to George Washington, 14 September 1789Griffith Evans to Samuel Meredith, 16 September 1789David Ramsay, Observations on the Decision of the House of Representatives …, 17 September 1789Frederick William Steuben to William North, 19 September 1789William Stark to George Washington, 20 September 1789Jeremiah Wadsworth to [Pierpont Edwards], 20 September 1789Edward Archer to George Washington, 21 September 1789Robert Morris to James Wilson, 21 September 1789Henry Knox to John Adams, 23 September 1789William Littlefield to George Washington, 24 September 1789John Sullivan to George Washington, 27 September 1789Thomas Fitzsimons to Benjamin Rush, 28 September 1789Edward Church to George Washington, 30 September 1789Daniel Hiester, Account Book, 30 September 1789Newspaper Article, 30 September 1789September 1789 UndatedFranco Petrus Van Berckel to John Adams, 1 October 1789John Fenno to Joseph Ward, 8 October 1789John Fenno to Joseph Ward, 10 October 1789Abigail Adams to Mary Cranch, 11 October 1789Samuel Anderson to Samuel Meredith, 11 October 1789Comte de Moustier to Alexander Hamilton, 14 October 1789Alexander Hamilton to Comte de Moustier, 15 October 1789William Cumming to William Samuel Johnson, 17 October 1789John Hamilton to [Robert Morris], 17 October 1789William Reynolds to George Washington, 20 October 1789Samuel Caldwell to George Washington, October 1789Philip Schuyler, Calculations for the third alternative to interest in Hamilton’s report on public credit (DHFFC 5:761), October–December 1789x.y. [John Witherspoon], A Few Reflections Humbly Submitted to the Consideration of the Public in General, and in Particular to the Congress of the United States, October–December 1789Pierce Butler to Thomas Butler, 3 November 1789Rufus King to Cyrus King, 5 November 1789Abigail Adams to John Adams, 10 November 1789Adam Reigart, Sr. to Thomas Hartley, 4 December 1789John Hopkins to George Washington, 1789Robert Kelso to George Washington, 1789Benjamin Ledyard to George Washington, 1789James Lovell to George Washington, 1789John Lynch to George Washington, 1789James Madison, Notes on Trade, 1789Alexander Tod to George Washington, 1789Petition of the Merchants and Traders of the State of Connecticut, 1789Weeden Butler to Pierce Butler, 5 January 1790John Jeffries to John Adams, 7 January 1790The News-Boy’s Address to his Customers, 7 January 1790John Baptista Ashe to John Gray Blount, 12 January 1790Thomas Fitzsimons to Zachariah Poulson, 15 January 1790Jonathan Grout to Jonathan Grout, Jr., 18 January 1790Roger Sherman to Justus Mitchell, 18 January 1790George Thatcher to Nathaniel Barrell, 19 January 1790Pay of Senators, 19 January 1790Hendrick Wempel, Affidavit, 21 January 1790Justus Mitchell to Roger Sherman, 26 January 1790David Sewall to George Thatcher, 29 January 1790George Thatcher to David Sewall, 7 February 1790George Thatcher to Isaiah Thomas, 15 February 1790Jonathan Grout to Jonathan Grout, Jr., 17 February 1790Oliver Wolcott, Jr. to Nathan Strong, 27 February 1790John Page to John H. Norton, 27 February 1790Letter from New York to Providence, Rhode Island, 6 March 1790Peter Muhlenberg to Patrick Henry, 9 March 1790Roger Sherman, Draft Committee Report on the Petition of Robert Morris, [, 9 March 1790George Thatcher to Nathaniel Barrell, 9 March 1790Jonathan Grout to Jonathan Grout, Jr., 14 March 1790Justus Mitchell to Roger Sherman, 17 March 1790John H. Briggs to Richard Blow, 18 March 1790Abiel Foster to an Unknown Recipient, 19 March 1790Samuel Savage to George Thatcher, 21 March 1790George Washington, Diary, 26 March 1790Thomas Jefferson to Thomas Mann Randolph, Jr., 28 March 1790George Thatcher to David Sewall, 28 March 1790Henry Knox, Amendment to the Military Establishment Act [HR-50a], 29 March 1790John Page to Judith Carter Page, March 1790 UndatedLetter from New York to Boston, March 1790 Undated[Massachusetts] Salem Gazette, 6 April 1790George Beckwith to William Lord Grenville, 7 April 1790Benjamin Rush to John Adams, 13 April 1790George Thatcher to Nathaniel Barrell, 14 April 1790John Avery, Jr. to George Thatcher, 20 April 1790James Madison, Background Notes for a Speech, 22 April 1790James Jackson to Robert R. Livingston, 1 May 1790Jonathan Grout to Sarah Page Grout, 3 May 1790John Steele, Speech on Steuben Act, 7 May 1790Agricola, An address to the Old Whigs, if any yet remain, 8 May 1790George Thatcher to Nathaniel Barrell, 18 May 1790John Sevier, Journal, 15 June 1790Memorandum Book of the Office of the Secretary of Congress, 1785–88, and of the Department of State, 1789–95Jonathan Grout to Jonathan Grout, Jr., 30 May 1790George Thatcher to Nathaniel Barrell, 30 May 1790A Friend to the Public, Remarks on the Report of the Secretary of the Treasury to the House of Representatives of the United States, May 1790Jonathan Grout to Jonathan Grout, Jr., 6 June 1790Alexander Power, A Statement of Facts with Observations, on the Report from the Honourable Secretary at War, and the late Commissioner of Army Accounts, 10 June 1790John Sevier, Journal, 16 June 1790John Sevier, Journal, 18 June 1790Jonathan Grout to Jonathan Grout, Jr., 1 July 1790George Thatcher to Nathaniel Barrell, 1 July 1790John Sevier, Journal, 1 July 1790Thomas Fitzsimons to Benjamin Rush, 2 July 1790William Few to an Unknown Recipient, 3 July 1790James Monroe to Thomas Jefferson, 3 July 1790Thomas Fitzsimons to Benjamin Rush, 4 July 1790Residence, 10 July 1790John Sullivan to Nicholas Gilman, 12 July 1790John Brown to George Nicholas, 13 July 1790Daniel Hiester to Samuel Potts, 13 July 1790Jonathan Grout to Jonathan Grout, Jr., 15 July 1790John Sullivan to Nicholas Gilman, 17 July 1790Rufus King to Cyrus King, 18 July 1790James Monroe to Thomas Jefferson, 26 July 1790Returns for Special Election, Virginia’s Ninth Congressional District, 26 July 1790Elbridge Gerry to James Sullivan, 27 July 1790Thomas Fitzsimons to Benjamin Rush, 1 August 1790George Beckwith to William Lord Grenville, 5 August 1790Thomas Fitzsimons to Michael Jenifer Stone, 7 August 1790Andrew Marvel to the Editor, 10 August 1790Thomas Jefferson to William Barton, 12 August 1790Louis Guillaume Otto to Marie Joseph, marquis de LaFayette, 12 August 1790Jonathan Grout to George Thatcher, 18 August 1790Benjamin Rush to George Clymer, 20 August 1790W. G. to Mr. Babcock, 23 August 1790William Crocker to George Thatcher, 30 August 1790Bryan McCabe to Richard Blackledge, 31 August 1790[David Daggett,] A Farmer to the People of the State of Connecticut, August 1790The Minority’s Farewell, [August 1790 Undated]Daniel Cony to George Thatcher, 2 September 1790Abishai Thomas to John Gray Blount, 3 September 1790George Beckwith to William Lord Grenville, 4 September 1790Abigail Adams to Abigail Bromfield Rogers, [5 September] 1790W. G. to the American Mercury, 6 September 1790William Blount to John Gray Blount, 22 September 1790Mercy Otis Warren to John Adams, 24 September 1790Letter from Philadelphia, 8 October 1790William Constable to Thomas Fitzsimons, 12 October 1790William Constable to Robert Morris, 12 October 1790Thomas B. Wait to George Thatcher, 13 October 1790William Constable to Thomas Fitzsimons, 20 October 1790William Constable to Robert Morris, 20 October 1790A. B. to a Newly Elected Young Member of the Lower House, 22 October 1790A Valedictory Ode, on Leaving New-York, 23 October 1790William Constable to Robert Morris, 25 October 1790Ralph Izard to Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, 25 October 1790George Thatcher to Thomas B. Wait, 25 October 1790Frederick A. Muhlenberg to Eva Elisabeth Schultze, 27 October 1790Benjamin Goodhue to William Wetmore, 16 December 1790The Columbian Chronicle, or the History of the Times, 1790Peter Van Schaack to Peter Silvester, 3 January 1791John Langdon to Joshua Brackett, 7 January 1791John Steele to [William Blount?], 11 January 1791Theodore Foster to Ebenezer Thompson, 21 January 1791John Adams to Governor Samuel Huntington, 4 March 1791Louis Guillaume Otto to comte de Montmorin, 4 March 1791Louis Guillaume Otto to comte de Montmorin, 6 March 1791Louis Guillaume Otto to comte de Montmorin, 10 March 1791Louis Guillaume Otto to comte de Montmorin, 12 March 1791Moses Sheftall to Mordecai Sheftall, 14 March 1791Aedanus Burke to John Adams, 1789–91George Clymer to John Adams, 1789–91John Baptista Ashe to Tench CoxeAbraham Baldwin, SpeechElias Boudinot to Tench CoxePierce Butler to Tench CoxeTench Coxe to Ralph IzardPhilemon Dickinson to Tench CoxeOliver Ellsworth to Abigail EllsworthThomas Fitzsimons to Tench Coxe, 26 SeptemberAlexander Hamilton to Benjamin GoodhueAlexander Hamilton to James MadisonJames Hogg to John SteeleThomas Jefferson to William Smith (S.C.)Roger Sherman, Annotated copy of Bailey’s Pocket Almanac for 1791Roger Sherman, Memoranda on Southern IndiansPeter Silvester to John AdamsThomas Tudor Tucker to John AdamsTonnage in American Ports, 1789–90Seamen and CoastersGeorge Washington to James Madison