1To George Washington from Anonymous, 20 January 1792 (Washington Papers)
Your knowledge of the world makes it hardly necessary for me to remind you how difficult it is to dislodge a cunning bad man when he has once got possession of the heart of a great & good one. The strongest evidence of this fact is derived from the history of Princes. Be not offended at my mentioning Tiberius. There is no similitude between your characters. He, a brutal Tyrant. You possessed,...
2To George Washington from Anonymous, 3 January 1792 (Washington Papers)
Beware. Be upon your guard. You have cherished in your Bosom a Serpent, and he is now endeavouring to sting you death. Under the Mark of a Democrat, he thinks he conceals his ambition which is unbounded. His vanity makes him believe that he will certainly be your Successor. But he can not wait with patience untill it shall please God to take you from this world. He wishes to precipitate his...
3To George Washington from Nathaniel Appleton, 3 December 1791 (Washington Papers)
with great respect & diffidence I address the President of the United States. One of my sons Thoms Appleton about 26 years of age has resided in Paris the last 5 years, & has been connected in business with a very respectable House there, in supplying the City with Oil by contract, which gave a fair prospect of yeilding him a handsom proffit, but during the Revolution there, such dificulties...
4To George Washington from Robert Bourne, 9 December 1791 (Washington Papers)
A Church is Requir’d to be Built in London—to be Call’d the American Church—The appointments with you with Great Respect I remain ALS , DLC:GW . On 10 Dec. 1791 Robert Bourne informed “the president of the Congress” that “General Washington has been wrote too on the Subject” of the American Church in London, and Bourne expressed his hope that “it will meet Your full approbation” ( DLC:GW ). No...
5To George Washington from Shearjashub Bourne, 20 January 1792 (Washington Papers)
Understanding that it is acceptable to you, to receive information upon the merits of Candidates to Office, through the Medium of the Representatives in Congress; And as the Bill for the Establishment of a Mint, will render necessary some Appointments; I beg leave to present to your Notice Mr Silvanus Bourne late Consul for St Domingo as a Candidate for the place of Treasurer in that...
6To George Washington from Sylvanus Bourne, 28 December 1791 (Washington Papers)
As the Legislature of the United States, appears not to contemplate, either an adequate regulation of the powers of their Consuls, or reward for their services, and the present state of St Dominique, being less favourable to mercantile pursuits, than heretofore, I have reason to think that my return to that Country, would only tend to increase the weight of those Disbursments, which my former...
7To George Washington from James Bowdoin, Jr., 3 December 1791 (Washington Papers)
The Regard, I am persuaded, your Excellency entertained for my late Father: the Respect, which his private, as well as public Character induced, whilst it should inspire a general Desire, to emulate his Virtues, ought in a peculiar Manner, to create in me, a Disposition, to tread in his Footsteps. These Considerations, added to a supposed Ability, to serve the United States, ⟨mutilated⟩ in the...
8To George Washington from Robert Brent, 25 September 1791 (Washington Papers)
It having been my lott to inherit nothing from the estate of my Ancestors; and finding the perils and uncertainties of the merchantile business, in which I was bred, enough to deter those from its persuit, who possessed ample capitals You will not be surprised at one, who did not possess that necessary advantage, declining its persuit. In order to secure a future independance I have been...
9To George Washington from David Campbell, 9 November 1791 (Washington Papers)
If the Judges of the Territory South of the Ohio are vested with federal Jurisdiction, which doubtless the[y] will be, otherwise violators of Treaties will go unpunished, they at present having no federal Jurisdiction: It will be necessary to appoint an Attorney for the District, whose business it will be ex officio, to commence prosecutions agains violators of Treaties or give information to...
10To George Washington from Daniel Carroll, 21 November 1791 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from Daniel Carroll, 21 Nov. 1791. GW informed Daniel Carroll of Duddington on 28 Nov. that “Your letter of the 21st came to my hands on thursday afternoon.”