361From George Washington to James Washington, 20 January 1799 (Washington Papers)
Through the goodness of Mr Adams, the American Minister at Berlin, I am indebted for the safe conveyance of your letter dated the 19th of Octr in that City: and through the same medium I have the honour to present this acknowledgement of it. There can be but little doubt, Sir, of our descending from the same stock, as the branches of it proceeded from the same Country. At what time your...
362From George Washington to Mildred Thornton Washington, 18 October 1798 (Washington Papers)
Your favour of the 13th instt came duly to hand. The contents gave me great pain, on two accounts; first, to find the situation of my brothers affairs in so deplorable a State; and next, that it is so little in my power to afford you effectual relief. My situation, is very little understood by most people. Whatever may be my property, the income of it, is inadequate to my expences: not from...
363From George Washington to Samuel Washington, 31 January 1799 (Washington Papers)
Into what channel you put your letter of the 7th of November—is not for me to say, but this I can add, that it never came to my hands until the 13 th Instant; when, if you had put it into any Post-Office, it would have been received at this place in three or four days, and whilst I was in Philadelphia in three or four days more. It is of little avail, to investigate now, what has produced the...
364From George Washington to Samuel Washington, 2 April 1799 (Washington Papers)
Your letter of the 28th of last Month came to my hands last night. Inconvenient as it is to me (and nothing can be more so, than it is at this time) to part with what little money I have in the Bank of Alexandria; yet, rather than suffer your Negros to be taken in Execution, and sold perhaps at half price, I will answer your draughts to the amount of One thousand dollars, but not one cent...
365From George Washington to William Washington, 27 September 1798 (Washington Papers)
Late this afternoon Major Simons presented me with your letter of the 22d of July; and anxious to proceed on his journey, proposes to continue it in the morning early: this allows me but little time to say any thing, when I wished to have said a great deal to you. I have never yet heard whether you have accepted, or declined, your late appointment. The crisis is important, and if the French...
366From George Washington to William Washington, 28 December 1798 (Washington Papers)
Your letters of the 19th and 30th of October came duly to hand, and would have received an earlier acknowledgment had I not been absent in a journey to Philadelphia (at the request of the Secretary of War) and but newly returned from that City. The object of this journey was, among other things, to make a selection of characters from the numerous applicants for Military appointments in the...
367From George Washington to William Washington, 31 March 1799 (Washington Papers)
By a letter which I have just received from General Pinckney, I find you may be shortly expected in this State, on your way to Princeton. It is unnecessary I hope for me to say, that whether you come alone or bring Mrs Washington with you, that we shall be very happy to see you at this place. In the Military line I fear you will find but little duty to detain you long in this State⟨,⟩ for...
368From George Washington to William Augustine Washington, 14 February 1799 (Washington Papers)
Mr H: Washington affords me a very good opportunity to inform you, that if your Crop enables you to supply me with a hundred Barrels of Corn over and above the quantity Contracted for, I shall be willing to take it on the terms I do the Five hundred Barrels; and that I shall be willing to receive a part of the whole at any time you may find it convenient to forward it, as the danger of Frost,...
369From George Washington to William Augustine Washington, 3 October 1798 (Washington Papers)
Your letter of the 27th of July has remained unacknowledged ’till now, that I embrace the opportunity afforded by General Lee’s return, to do it. To a person not in the habit of sending regularly to the Post Office, nearest to them, it is almost useless to write by the Mail; and with very few exceptions, addressing letters by private hands, is almost as bad; very few people paying much...
370From George Washington to William Augustine Washington, 5 October 1798 (Washington Papers)
The enclosed letter was written, as you will perceive, to go by General Lee; who I know is at George Town, and promised to call here on his way down. But as his ways are not like the ways of other men, and Jerry has called here on his return from Corbin Washington’s, I embrace his, as the most speedy & certain conveyance of the two. All those who have lots in the Federal City, contiguous to...
371From George Washington to Mason Locke Weems, 31 March 1799 (Washington Papers)
Your letter of the 26th instt came duly to hand. In answer thereto, I inform you that, my sale to Mr James Welch, of the Lands I hold upon the Great Kanhawa, is conditional only. He has a Lease of them at a certain annual Rent—which if punctually paid, for Six years, and at the end thereof shall pay one fourth of the sum fixed on as the value of them; and the like sum by Instalments the three...
372From George Washington to James Welch, 15 February 1799 (Washington Papers)
The first of January is past, and February half gone, without my receiving any money from you; seeing you; or even hearing any thing from you, on this subject. I am in real want of it, and depended upon your repeated assurances of punctual payment at the time the first Rent became due. I hope I shall not have occasion to remind you of this matter again. I am—Sir Your Very Hble Servant ALS...
373From George Washington to James Welch, 7 April 1799 (Washington Papers)
I have received your letter of the 10th of March from Rockingham County, and although I have no expectation of deriving any payment from your Kentucky Expedition, yet, I will (inconvenient as it is to me) wait a while longer to know the result of it: desiring you to be persuaded, in the meantime, that you have not got a person now, that will be trifled with in your dealings. It would be...
374Editorial Note (Washington Papers)
George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, and Charles Cotesworth Pinckney spent six weeks in Philadelphia in November and December 1798, formulating their recommendations to the president for raising and incorporating the twelve additional regiments for which Congress had provided in July 1798 in the “Act to augment the Army of the United States, and for other purposes.” Although there were many...
375Memorandum of Agreement with James Welch, 11 October 1798 (Washington Papers)
Mr James Welch having signified to me, that he has it is in his power to dispose of part of a tract of Ninety Nine thousand nine hundred and ninety five acres of land lying on Elk River in the County of Randolph, conveyed to me in Trust, and proposing to subject other Lands of equal or greater value in lieu thereof, in like trust, and intimating further that it will be an accomodation to him,...
376Candidates for Army Appointments from Virginia, November 1798 (Washington Papers)
x A John Cropper + These old officers order of merit by Heth & Carrin[gton] x B Jonathan Clark + x C Robert Porterfield + x D Joseph Swearingen + x E David Stephenson + x f John Blackwell + g Wm Bentley h Otway Bird John Heth (now in service) Carrington thinks him worth considering for Majority 1. A. Gibson mentioned for Majority now in service distinguished at Fort Recovery 2. Laurence Butler...
377List of Houses at Mount Vernon, 13 March 1799 (Washington Papers)
List of Houses at Mount Vernon as taken by Mr Dulan (one of the Assessors) the 9th instant on the Premises. No. of Windows No. of Paynes in each Total 6 18 108 6 12 72 3 12 36 8 15 120 1 62 62 2
378Notes on an Interview with George Logan and Robert Blackwell, 13 November 1798 (Washington Papers)
Mr Lear, my Secretary, being from our lodgings on business, one of my Servants came into the room where I was writing, and informed me, that a Gentleman in the Parlour below, desired to see me; his name was sent up. In a few minutes I went down, and found the Revd Doctr Blackwell, & Doctr Logan there. I advanced towards, & gave my hand to the former; the latter did the same towards me, I was...