1[Diary entry: 8 January 1788] (Washington Papers)
Tuesday 8th. Thermometer at 26 in the Morning—32 at Noon and 32 at Night. Wind at East in the Night, and this fore noon—afterwards at West. About 2 Inches of Snow fell in the Night. About day break it turned to hail, and then to rain, which continued till after 12 oclock when the Sun came out. I remained at home all day. My Carriage brot. Betsy & Patsy Custis down—their mother having gone to...
2From George Washington to Samuel Athawes, 8 January 1788 (Washington Papers)
I have received your letter of the 20th of July last informing me of the death of our much esteemed & worthy friend, George William Fairfax Esqr. I sincerely condole with you and his other friends in England upon the occasion. Altho’ the precarious state of his health for several years past must have prepared his friends, in some measure, for his death, yet the event could not take place...
3From George Washington to Bourdon de Vatry, 8 January 1788 (Washington Papers)
I have recd your letter of the 6th of Decr 1786, wherein you request me to represent your situation to Congress, and apply to that body, in your behalf, for a grant of land in some part of the United States where you may form a settlement. Altho’ no incident in life could afford me more pleasure than to see all those who have exerted themselves in the cause of this country amply recompenced...
4From George Washington to Mauduit Du Plessis, 8 January 1788 (Washington Papers)
I have to acknowledge the reception of your three letters, viz. of the 12th of Feby the 26th of March and the 20th July. I was exceedingly sorry to hear of the disasters which you met with after you left this place, before you reached Georgia, and was very unhappy to find, when you arrived there, that your expectations, with respect to your property were so much disappointed, and that your...
5From George Washington to Edmund Randolph, 8 January 1788 (Washington Papers)
The letter which you did me the honor of writing to me on the 27th Ulto, with the enclosure, came duly to hand. I receive them as a fresh instance of your friendship and attention. For both I thank you. The diversity of Sentiments upon the important matter which has been submitted to the People, was as much expected as it is regretted, by me. The various passions and medium by which men are...
6From George Washington to Rochambeau, 8 January 1788 (Washington Papers)
I have recd your letters of the 28th of June 1786 & 12th of may 1787. In the former you mentinon your having just returned from Holland and were so obliging as to give me an account of the state of political affairs in that Country. Since the time of your writing their intestine disputes have been brought to a crisis and appear to have terminated rather against the Patriots; What changes may...
7From George Washington to Nicholas Simon van Winter and Lucretia Wilhelmina van Winter, 8 January 1788 (Washington Papers)
I have recd your letter of the 26th of Feby accompanied by a Poem entitled Germanicus. I consider your sending the latter to me as a mark of polite attention which merits my warmest acknowledgment, and I beg you to accept my thanks for that, as well as for the many obliging expressions in your letter. The Muses have always been revered in every age, & in all Countries where letters &...
8From George Washington to Wakelin Welch & Son, 8 January 1788 (Washington Papers)
I have recd your letter of the 7th of March and 14th of July, the former enclosing my acct current, in which my drafts upon you &c. are justly and properly Stated. The seeds, Ploughs &c. sent by the Mary Capt. Andrews, arrived safe, but some of the former were injured by being put into the hold of the Vessel; they were in casks, and the Capt. said he did not know the contents of them or they...