1To George Washington from William Rawle, 6 July 1787 (Washington Papers)
I have the honor to transmit to you as President of the Convention, a resolve of the directors of the Library Company in this City. I am Sir with perfect respect your most obedient humble servant LS , DNA : RG 360, Records of the Federal Convention. William Rawle (1759–1836), who returned to Philadelphia from London in 1782 and was admitted to the Pennsylvania bar in 1783, became a member of...
2To George Washington from William Rawle, 18 January 1791 (Washington Papers)
At a special meeting of the Directors of the Library Company of Philadelphia January 18th 1791. The Directors of the Library Company of Philadelphia desireous of shewing a respectfull mark of Attention to the President and Congress of the United States Resolve that the President and Members of the Senate and of the House of Representatives of the United States shall have the free Use of the...
3From George Washington to William Rawle, 13 March 1793 (Washington Papers)
Whereas it appears to me, from the representation of several respectable persons, and from sundry affidavits, that William Kerr and Alexander Beer, who were lately indicted in the circuit-court of the United States, holden in the town of York, in the state of Pennsylvania, for a riot, were innocent of the offence, with which they stand charged; and they may be exposed to great trouble and...
4To George Washington from William Rawle, 16 November 1795 (Washington Papers)
The above is in substance the information given to me by a man of honor & respectability resident in this place whose name if necessary I may disclose and whose accuracy I have never found deficient. But it is proper to mention that since I had the honor to wait upon you, I accompanied my informant to the house of one of the partners of whom the bill was purchased and that his recollection did...