“From Thomas Jefferson to Alexander Donald, 7 February 1788,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://teachingamericanhistory.org/ablg. DEAR SIR– I received duly your friendly letter of November the 12th. By this time, you will
Freeman’s Oracle Messeurs PRINTERS, In your Oracle of the 11th current I observed an address to the Farmers of the State, by one who pretends to belong to that respectable
“From George Washington to Charles Carter, 14 December 1787,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://teachingamericanhistory.org/yhdy. Dear Sir, Your favor of the 21st of Octr would not have remained so long unacknowledged could
“The great source of all the evils which afflict Republics, is, that the people are too apt to make choice of rulers, who are either Politicians without being Patriots, or
Lee, Richard H. “To George Mason.” The Letters of Richard Henry Le, Volume II, edited by Curtis J. Ballagh, New York: The Macmillan Company, 1914. https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uva.x000338030. I have waited until now to answer
DEAR SIR: The states eastward of New York appear to be almost unanimous in favor of the new Constitution, (for I make no account of the dissension in Rhode Island.)
We have the honor to transmit to Your Excellency a printed copy of the Constiution formed by the Federal Convention, to be laid before the legislature of the state. The
To James Warren I expected e’er this to have been in Massachusetts but am detained here longer than I expected—I inclose some papers on the subject of the Constitution to
Dear Mr Bright, I have yr good & most suggestive letter. I concur in it substantially. A practical difficulty is this; can Emancipation be carried out without using the lands
JAMES M. CALHOUN, Mayor, E. E. RAWSON and S. C. WELLS, representing City Council of Atlanta. Gentlemen: I have your letter of the 11th, in the nature of a petition
