Box 1
Contains 11 Results:
Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, John Marshall, Elbridge Gerry, Paris, France to Fulwar Stipwith, 1798 March 13
Cannot settle or pay the accounts of American Consuls until the Congress of the United States acts on the matter; the three have agreed to transcend their powers to a limited extent in order to liberate distressed American seamen and return them to the United States.
Thomas Jefferson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to General John Marshall, Oellers' hotel, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1798 June 23
Presents his compliments to Marshall; called at his lodgings twice this morning, but John Marshall was not in; regrets that he will not be able to dine with him due to a previous engagement. Original is located in the Collection of the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities, on deposit at Virginia Historical Society, Richmond, Virginia.
John Marshall, Richmond, Virginia, to "Polly" (Mary Willis Ambler) Marshall, Frederick County, Virginia, 1798 August 18
Arrived in Richmond a week ago but hasn't been able to attend to his business because of his many callers and because of the heat; he enjoys the company of his three year old daughter, Mary; discusses the health of his son, John, who is cutting teeth.
John Marshall, Richmond, Virginia, to Elbridge Gerry, 1798 November 12
Discusses Gerry's letter of 20 October 1798 to President John Adams, in which Gerry makes several misstatements about his part in the XYZ Affair, which Marshall now refutes point by point; "I must hope sir that you will think justly on this subject & will thereby save us both the pain of an altercation..."
John Marshall, Amsterdam, to Timothy Pickering, 1797 September 2
John Marshall, the Hague, to Timothy Pickering, 1797 September 9
John Marshall, the Hague, Holland, to Mary Willis (Ambler) "Polly" Marshall, Richmond, Virginia, 1797 September 9
John Marshall, the Hague, to Timothy Pickering, 1797 September 15-17
Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, John Marshall, Elbridge Gerry, Paris, France, to Timothy Pickering, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1797 November 27
John Marshall, Paris, to Timothy Pickering, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1797 November 27
John Marshall, Paris, France, to Mary Willis (Ambler) "Polly" Marshall, Richmond, Virginia, 1797 November 27
Has received no letters from her nor from his friends in the U.S.; will not be home until May and hopes that the Randolph's Executors case can be postponed until then; mentions amusements and dissipations of Paris; describes his new living arrangements with Madame de Villette.