1To George Washington from Carter Braxton, 15 April 1789 (Washington Papers)
Altho your appointment to the Presidentship of America under the new Government be not yet formally notified, yet it amounts to a certainty that the fact is so, and will be anounced as soon as a sufficient number of Members are convened for the purpose of forming a Congress. Permit me then with great sincerity to salute you on the occasion & particularly to congratulate my Country & all...
2H. G. to Marinus Willett, [15 April 1789] (Hamilton Papers)
H___ G___. having been informed that Mr. Willet has received a letter from the Attorney General, stating the circumstances of the interview between them, takes occasion to express his expectation that Mr. Willett will communicate it to the public. The [New York] Daily Advertiser , April 15, 1789. For information on the controversy between “H.G.” and Willett, see “H.G. Letters. Introductory...
3To Thomas Jefferson from Madame Oster, 15 April 1789 (Jefferson Papers)
Nancy, 15 Apr. 1789 . Is grateful to TJ for offering to take her letters to America. Asks him to assure Mrs. Banister of her “tendre attachement”; she and the other friends who overwhelmed her with kindness will remain precious memories, saddened only by the thought that she will never see them again.—She will pray for a successful and happy voyage for TJ. [ In postscript :] She had not known...