11To George Washington from James Anderson, 28 August 1796 (Washington Papers)
Only Yesterday I had the honor to receive Your favor of 18th And in Answer, am well satisfied of Mr Pearce being a Man of Character, and of Abilitys. And circumstanced as You are, must be of great value to You—You are pleased to say that from this and other reasons You advanced the Salary from £100 to 100 Gu[inea]s. I have to beg leave to observe that if You, & me come on Terms the lowest I...
12From George Washington to James Anderson, 5 September 1796 (Washington Papers)
Your Letter of the 28 ulto has been received; but leaves the matter we have been treatg of, pretty much as it stood before I wrote to you, except that certain stipulations on your part are made while you refer me for a solution of the queries I propounded (important to me) to others for information, when the means of obtaing it is not within my reach. I can only say therefore, that it will not...
13To George Washington from James Anderson, 11 September 1796 (Washington Papers)
I have the Honor of receiving Your favors of 5th Yesterday And am sorry You think me not so explicit as I should have been, I will say my intention in it is remote from deceit, that sort of conduct I think myself a stranger to. And the respectability of Your Character has a different claim from all who know it. I now beg leave more fully to explain myself And give an Account of my manner of...
14Agreement with James Anderson, 5 October 1796 (Washington Papers)
Articles of Agreement made and entered into this fifth-day of October in the Year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and Ninety six, by & between George Washington, President of the United States, on one part and James Anderson, at present of Stafford County and State of Virginia on the other part, Witness, that for & in consideration of the wages and allowances herein after mentioned, the...
15To George Washington from James Anderson, 12 October 1796 (Washington Papers)
In case the Overseer who was uncertain; has not agreed to stay with You —I can get one here, who is accustomed to the management of Negroes. And can come well recommended, As to which would wish to hear from You. In a few days I intend being at Marleborough when I will take a measure of the parts of Mr Mercers Thrashing Machine In Order to make preparations in winter by cuting Timber for the...
16Memorandum for James Anderson and William Pearce, 5 November 1796 (Washington Papers)
I shall communicate such directions as have occurred to me since I left Mount Vernon, and are necessary to be followed, in this way; that such of them as may not be executed, or executed in part only, by Mr Pearce, may be consigned over & compleated, or attempted to be completed by his Successor, Mr Anderson. The Plan for the Crops of next year (as handed to me by Mr Pearce) may be adopted: or...
17To George Washington from James Anderson, 3 January 1797 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found : from James Anderson, 3 Jan. 1797 . GW wrote Anderson on 8 Jan. : “Your letter of the 3d instant” was “received by me yesterday.”
18From George Washington to James Anderson, 8 January 1797 (Washington Papers)
Your letter of the 3d instant, & Mr Pearce’s of the same date, with the weekly reports—were received by me yesterday and I shall take notice of such parts of both as may require an expression of my sentiments thereon. I consent to your commencing a distillery, and approve of your purchasing the Still, & entering of it. And I shall not object to your converting part of the Coopers shop at the...
19To George Washington from James Anderson, 11 January 1797 (Washington Papers)
Refering to my last of 2d have now to hand You Report of last week. As said in my last I have now brought my Family here, which with Mr Pearce sickness has put it out of my power to send You Inventory of every Article I find here. It is however nearly compleat And will certainly forward it in my next—which I intend by Monday, instead of this days post, I have been at all the Farm’s various...
20From George Washington to James Anderson, 15 January 1797 (Washington Papers)
Your letter of the 11th and Reports of the preceeding week, came to hand yesterday. It is a thing I had resolved to do, so soon as I should be fixed at Mount Vernon, to seperate the old & bad horses, cattle and Sheep from the young, thrifty & good; and to dispose of them in some way or another, as soon as they could be got in order for it; by a Summer’s run, or other means not too expensive...