1To Thomas Jefferson from Francis Mentges, 4 March 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
...Mentges (d. 1805) was a native of the duchy of Zweibrücken. During the Revolutionary War he served as an officer in several Pennsylvania regiments. Nathanael Greene made him inspector of the Southern Army in November 1782. He served as inspector general of the Pennsylvania state militia, and then as an unofficial inspector for U.S. troops. Since 1797 Mentges served as procurement agent...
2From Alexander Hamilton to Jeremiah Wadsworth, 25 March 1801 (Hamilton Papers)
Gives opinion concerning the right of Nathanael Greene’s executors to sell lands in his estate in New York State.
3From Alexander Hamilton to Jeremiah Wadsworth, 8 May 1801 (Hamilton Papers)
Gives opinion on the conditions that the executors of Nathanael Greene’s estate wish to impose on the conveyance of his New York State lands.
4To Thomas Jefferson from Stephen Drayton, 20 June 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
The Papers of General Nathanael Greene
5John Adams to Thomas Boylston Adams, 2 April 1803 (Adams Papers)
...as a replacement either Maj. Henry Lee or Gen. Horatio Gates. Conway’s confidants included Thomas Mifflin and Benjamin Rush, whose opposition to Washington may have stemmed from resentment of the influence that Gen. Nathanael Greene and Gen. Henry Knox exerted over the commander in chief. Washington retained his post and support in the Continental Congress despite the workings of the so-...
6From Alexander Hamilton to Nathaniel Terry, 21 April 1803 (Hamilton Papers)
Discusses a case concerning Jeremiah Wadsworth, one of the executors of Nathanael Greene’s estate.
7To James Madison from Jacob Clement, 21 April 1804 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
Clement Biddle (1740–1814) was a Revolutionary War veteran who held, among other positions, that of aide-de-camp to Gen. Nathanael Greene. After the war he continued his mercantile business in Philadelphia.
8To James Madison from Thomas Jefferson, 3 August 1804 (Madison Papers)
Griffin Greene (1749–1804) served in various capacities under his first cousin Gen. Nathanael Greene during the American Revolution. After the war he moved to Marietta, Ohio, where he was a justice of the court of quarter sessions and postmaster. In 1803 Jefferson appointed him collector and inspector of the revenue at Marietta...The Papers of General Nathanael Greene
9To James Madison from Thomas Griffin, 19 November 1804 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
Papers of General Nathanael Greene
10To James Madison from David Ramsay, 1 December 1805 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
...educated in England and Scotland and admitted to Lincoln’s Inn in 1779. His Loyalist father forbade him to return to enlist in the American cause, but in 1780 he returned and fought under Nathanael Greene until the evacuation of Charleston in December 1782, after which he retired to the 1,689-acre property outside Charleston his father had left in trust for him. He traveled extensively and...