1From John Jay to Rufus King, 16 June 1800 (Jay Papers)
Altho I could write to you a long Letter, and on interesting Subjects, yet the Liberties often taken with Letters on the ocean make Reserve and Caution necessary— we are impatient to learn whether and what great Events have as yet marked the present campaign in Europe; and whether it is probable that the Expectations which seem ed to be formed from it will be realized—as yet the Question...
2From Alexander Hamilton to Rufus King, 5 January 1800 (Hamilton Papers)
It is indeed a long time, My Dear Sir, since I have written to you, and I feel my obligation to you for the continuance of your correspondence notwithstanding my delinquency. Had it been true, that I had left every thing else to follow the Drum , my delinquency would not have been so great. But our military establishment offers too little inducement and is too precarious to have permitted a...
3From Alexander Hamilton to Rufus King, 6 February 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
This will be delivered to you by Mr. Isambard Brunell French by birth, but Anti-Jacobin by principle, and by necessity an Inventor of Ingenious Machines. He goes to England to endeavour to obtain a patent for one, which he has contrived for the purpose of copying. He has a passport from Mr. Liston and I believe our Secretary of State. This letter is to ask for him such patronage as in your...
4From John Jay to Rufus King, 12 December 1798 (Jay Papers)
The last Letter from you which has reached me is dated the 5 Aug t . last— Two Days ago I rec d . the news papers you was so kind as to send me by Cap t . Kemp— the Derangements caused by the late fever at New York seem to have extended to every thing in that City— The Treaty between Austria and Naples countenanced the probability of a war between them and France; and subsequent Events do not...
5From Alexander Hamilton to Rufus King, 1 November 1798 (Hamilton Papers)
This will be delivered to you by Mr. Bruce, son of the Widow Bruce, both of whom you will no doubt recollect and that they are connections of our family. He goes to Europe to complete his studies in Medecine. Doctors Bard & Hosack with whom he has pursued them here speak handsomely of his qualifications & progress. He visits London in the first instance. Permit me to recommend him to your...
6From John Adams to Rufus King, 16 October 1798 (Adams Papers)
The inclosed Letter from the Sec. of State I pray you to convey in Safety and as Soon as may be to Berlin. I ought not to omit the opportunity to thank you for the Pamphlets you have Sent me from time to time. They not only entertain and amuse me but I flatter myself are Usefull. Our Country Seems to be, as we used to Say in 1774 unanimous & firm. They are much more So now than they were then....
7From Alexander Hamilton to Rufus King, 2 October 1798 (Hamilton Papers)
Mr. R—— delivered me your letter of the 31 of July. The opinion in that and other of your letters concerning a very important point has been acted upon by me from the very moment that it became unequivocal that we must have a decisive rupture with France. In some things my efforts succeeded, in others they were disappointed—in others I have had promises of conformity to lay the foundation of...
8From Alexander Hamilton to Rufus King, 22 August 1798 (Hamilton Papers)
Your several letters of May 12th, June the 6th and 8th have regularly come to hand. You will be no doubt fully instructed of the measures which have taken place on the part of our government and you will have seen in the numerous addresses to the President a confirmation of the opinion I gave you respecting the disposition of this Country. From both you will have derived satisfaction though...
9From Alexander Hamilton to Rufus King, [6 June 1798] (Hamilton Papers)
Official information & the public papers will give you all the information I could give of the measures going on in this Country. You will have observed with pleasure a spirit of patriotism kindling every where. And you will not be sorry to know that it is my opinion that there will shortly be national unanimity as far as that idea can ever exist. Many of the leaders of Faction will persist...
10From George Washington to Rufus King, 15 May 1798 (Washington Papers)
Your favour of the 29th of January, with its enclosure, I have had the honour to receive; and for your kind attention to that concern of mine I feel myself very much obliged; and pray you to accept my thanks for the trouble it has occasioned you. This letter will be presented to you by my good friend & Neighbour, the Revd Bryan Fairfax; who, although he has not taken the title, is the...
11From Alexander Hamilton to Rufus King, [1 May 1798] (Hamilton Papers)
It is a great while since I received a line from you—nor indeed have I deserved one. The vortex of business, in which I have been, having kept me from writing to you. At this moment I presume you will not be sorry to know my opinion as to the course of our public affairs. In Congress, a good spirit is gaining ground; and though measures march slowly, there is reason to expect that almost every...
12From Alexander Hamilton to Rufus King, [March 1798] (Hamilton Papers)
It is a great while, My Dr. friend, since I have written to you a line. You will not I am sure impute my silence to any cause impeaching my friendship, for that must be always cordial and intire. The truth is that my professional avocations occupy me to the extent of the exertions my health permits, and I have been unwilling to sit down to write you without leisure to say something...
13From George Washington to Rufus King, 6 December 1797 (Washington Papers)
Your favor of the 6th of September has been duly received, and for the information contained in the enclosure, respecting Genl Lafayette, I offer you my thanks. The footing on which his releasement is placed by the Emperor, & the succeeding event in Paris, on the 4th of September, renders his proceedings after he gets to Hamburgh, problematical. Should these circumstances (for it is not easy...
14From John Jay to Rufus King, 14 November 1797 (Jay Papers)
Since my last of the 7 th . Inst: I have been fav d . with your’s of the 9 th . Sept r . with the two Pamphlets which you was so obliging as to send with it, and for which accept my thank’s. The one by M r . Burke I have read, and find Remarks in it which will deserve attention—The other I had seen— A late arrival has brought Intelligence of the Explosion at Paris— it opens a wide Field for...
15From John Adams to Rufus King, 18 August 1797 (Adams Papers)
This Letter will be presented to you, by Mr Peter Cunningham a Relation and an old Acquaintance of mine, for whom I have a good regard. He is going to London, with an honest American Soldier as well as Citizen, who is a fortunate Legatee to a good Estate in England. His Papers are very Authentic and he can I presume have no Difficulty. If he should however, your Advice and Countenance to him,...
16From George Washington to Rufus King, 31 July 1797 (Washington Papers)
I did not expect that I should have had occasion to trouble you again relative to my Administration of the Estate of Colo. Thomas Colvill. But the Gentleman who instituted the Suit in the Chancery Court of this State, on my behalf⟨,⟩ informs me that it is indispensable that an affidavit of the Decree’s having been published two months successively in an English paper (as appears prima facia to...
17From George Washington to Rufus King, 25 June 1797 (Washington Papers)
I have been honoured with your letters of the 12th of Novr of the last, and 6th of Feby & 26th of April in the present year; and feel myself much obliged by your kind & prompt attention to the publication of the Decree of the High Court of Chancery, of the State of Virginia: the evidence of which you were pleased to forward in the London Gazettes. As you will have the Political situation of...
18GW to Rufus King, 15 June 1797 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: GW to Rufus King, 15 June 1797. On 6 Sept. Rufus King wrote to GW from London: “I have had the honor to receive your Letter of the 15 of June.”
19From Alexander Hamilton to Rufus King, [8 June 1797] (Hamilton Papers)
I thank, you My Dear Sir, for two letters lately received from you the last by Mr. Church. I feel very guilty for my negligence. But how can I help it? The public prints will inform you of the course of public proceedings hitherto. You will perceive that the general plan is analogous to what was done in the case of Great Britain, though there are faults in the detail. Some people cannot learn...
20From Alexander Hamilton to Rufus King, [8 April 1797] (Hamilton Papers)
I thank you, My Dear Sir, for your letter of the 6th. of February. The intelligence that the Directory have ordered away our Minister is every way unpleasant. It portends too much a formal Rupture as the only alternative to an ignominious submission. Much public feeling has been excited. But the Government, I trust and believe, will continue prudent and do every thing that honor permits...