1To Alexander Hamilton from Samuel Mackay, 14 February 1800 (Hamilton Papers)
My fears of intruding on you have left me in a Dilemna for I suppose you would have honoured me with an answer had you remembered me; I must beg leave to observe that I have been peculiarly unfortunate when ever I have attempted to write to you I may perhaps hear from you after this fourth attempt. you are sensible of the urgency of my case and I must offer it as my apology. I have the honour...
2To Alexander Hamilton from Samuel Mackay, 12 August 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
I very unexpectedly recieved the honour of an appointment in the 14th Regt; I have little, or no doubt that I stand in a great measure indebted to you for that peculiar favour, and must beg leave to present you with my warmest thancks. I shall endeavour to render myself deserving of the protection you have so generously afforded me, by my unremitted attention to the service. My Kind protector...
3To Alexander Hamilton from Samuel Mackay, 11 February 1800 (Hamilton Papers)
I shall, without Incroaching upon your precious moments, at once Improve the liberty, which you have given me to adress you in writing, for the purpose of obtaining leave of absence from the regt. for six months, from the time I shall have marched my recruits. The reasons on which I ground the hope of this indulgenc e I shall also submit without further apology—you may perhaps recollect that...
4To Alexander Hamilton from Samuel Mackay, 23 January 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
I must forever lament your absence from New York when I was there last December, which deprived me of the honour of paying you my personal Homage. my respectable friend Mr. Sedgwick had favoured me, with a letter which I wished to have presented myself; but as it may contain some matters foreign to me, and as I do not propose to return soon to New York I take the liberty to Inclose it. one of...
5To Thomas Jefferson from Samuel Mackay, 17 April 1792 (Jefferson Papers)
Bennington, Vt., 17 Apr. 1792. A victim of misfortune, he turns to TJ for succor, relying on TJ’s reputation as a philanthropist, a republican, a patron of the arts, and a friend of the French nation. He seeks a form of employment more suited to his talents and wishes to promote better relations between the U.S. and France by serving as a French instructor in Philadelphia. He hopes that the...
6To Thomas Jefferson from Samuel Mackay, 16 September 1807 (Jefferson Papers)
I take the liberty to inclose for your perusal a proposal, to which I refer you. A correct and impartial history of the French revolution was very much wanted. The works of this kind which have appeared, were written in the heat of factions, and under the bias of party spirit; nor have any given accounts further down, than the trial and almost total extinction of the royal family. The...