1799 Letters

Philadelphia, PA - 1 January 1799

I don t like this bravery which grows in proportion as danger appears to lessen. I like that fortitude which increases as danger grows, in a good cause.

Albany, NY - 4 January 1799

Your despondency distresses me extremely. It is indeed unfortunate, my dear Theodosia, that we are constrained to be separated.

Philadelphia, PA - 25 January 1799

Thomas is my delight and I know not how to re sign him ; but as I know you will not be quite well till you see him, I shall consent to his going next week.

Albany, NY - 30 January 1799

But at this period, there certainly are an uncommon number and series of events and circumstances, which assume an aspect unusually portentous. The seeds of trouble are sowing and germinating in our country

Philadelphia, PA - 4 February 1799

Thomas is to set off from New York to-day for Quincy, and I wish him a pleasant journey, which the fine weather and convenient snow promises.

Albany, NY - 11 February 1799

You now see that a letter can come from New-York in three days; a truth which has been frequently verified by the receipt of my letters, but never before by the despatch of your own.

Philadelphia, PA - 23 February 1799

I came home and went into a warm bed and had a fine perspiration, occasioned, I believe, by my drinking three glasses of Madeira wine at supper, and. two more after I came home

Dartmouth College, NH - 25 February 1799

BUT quit old Pegasus and soar on high, In Fancy's air balloon traverse the sky, Where hills of hail and heaps of snow are seen, Kept in reserve, Heaven's awful magazine.

Albany, NY - 29 March 1799

The expediency of the president's declaration, that he would not send another minister to France, until he should receive assurances, &c, was not, in my judgment, unquestionable. There are political considerations against it

Albany, NY - 3 September 1799

Permit me to congratulate you on the promising aspect of affairs in Europe. England stands high, and while just, no one ought to repine at her prosperity.

New York, NY - 6 October 1799

I cannot refuse to the manner of your request, nor to the friendly motives which have produced it, to satisfy your inquiries with regard to Witbeck's bond and the Holland Company.

Trenton, NJ - 25 October 1799

An election is approaching which will set us at liberty from these uncomfortable journeys

Trenton, NJ - 27 October 1799

I have been, forenoon and afternoon, to church to hear Parson Waddell, who gave us two discourses good and wholesome for soul, body, and estate.