11To George Washington from Tobias Lear, 2 July 1798 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from Tobias Lear, 2 July 1798. On 4 July GW wrote Lear : “I have received your letter and A/c of the 2d Instt.”
12To Alexander Hamilton from Tobias Lear, 3 May 1793 (Hamilton Papers)
[ Philadelphia ] May 3, 1793 . Returns “the letters from our Bankers at Amsterdam which were laid before the President yesterday.” States “that the President approves of the appointment of Laban Goffigan to be Keeper of the Light House on Cape Henry.” ALS , RG 26, Lighthouse Letters Received, “Segregated” Lighthouse Records, Cape Henry, National Archives. See H to Washington, second and third...
13To Alexander Hamilton from Tobias Lear, 29 May 1790 (Hamilton Papers)
[ New York ] May 29, 1790 . “The President of the United States approves of the … Contracts … submitted to him by the Secretary of the Treasury.…” ALS , RG 26, “Segregated” Lighthouse Records, National Archives; LC , George Washington Papers, Library of Congress. See H to Washington, May 28, 1790 .
14To Alexander Hamilton from Tobias Lear, 3 September 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
[ Philadelphia ] September 3, 1791 . “The enclosed letter, which I have the honor of transmitting to you by the President’s order, will shew the necessity of making a change in the commissions for the Port of Charleston.…” LC , George Washington Papers, Library of Congress.
15To Thomas Jefferson from Tobias Lear, 2 February 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
T. Lear has the honor to inform the Secretary of State that as it is a cloudy day the Indians decline doing business . Their meeting is therefore put off till monday 12 O’clock. RC ( DLC ); endorsed by TJ as received 2 Feb. 1793. The business that brought a delegation of Wabash and Illinois Indians to Philadelphia is described in Minutes of a Conference with the Illinois and Wabash Indians ,...
16To Alexander Hamilton from Tobias Lear, 31 January 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
[ Philadelphia ] January 31, 1791 . Transmits a “Contract (which has been submitted to the President and received his approbation) between Joseph Whipple, for the Secretary of the Treasury and, Titus Salter, to provide for the keeping and supply of the Light House at the entrance of Piscatiqua River in the State of New Hampshire.…” LS , RG 26, “Segregated” Lighthouse Records, National...
17To Alexander Hamilton from Tobias Lear, 13 July 1790 (Hamilton Papers)
[ New York ] July 13, 1790 . Encloses “the Warrants for the Superintendants of the Lighthouses &c.” LS , RG 26, “Segregated” Lighthouse Records, National Archives; copy, George Washington Papers, Library of Congress.
18To Alexander Hamilton from Tobias Lear, 16 December 1790 (Hamilton Papers)
[ Philadelphia ] December 16, 1790 . “I have the honor, by the Presidents command, to inform you that he has no objection to gratifying the wish of the Collector of Boston, communicated to him this day, to spend a part of the time of the session of Congress at the Seat of Government, provided that an absence from his Office may not be injurious to the Public.…” LC , George Washington Papers,...
19To Alexander Hamilton from Tobias Lear, 10 July 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
[ Philadelphia ] July 10, 1792 . Returns “with the President’s approbation thereunto subjoined, a Contract between the Superintendant of the Delaware Lighthouse &c. and Benjamin Rice, for making two mooring chains for the use of the Beacon boats in the River Delaware.” LC , George Washington Papers, Library of Congress. See H to George Washington, July 8, 1792 .
20To Alexander Hamilton from Tobias Lear, 24 August 1790 (Hamilton Papers)
[ New York ] August 24, 1790 . States that the President has approved the contract for repairs on the Cape Henlopen lighthouse. LS , RG 26, “Segregated” Lighthouse Records, National Archives; LC , George Washington Papers, Library of Congress.