31To James Madison from Daniel Carroll, 26 December 1791 (Madison Papers)
My last was, I beleive, on the 21st. Instt since which yrs. of the 20th Came to hand. I do indeed regret the failure of the Represenn. Bill—& the circumstances attending it. What will be the result? If the residence Act is attackd as you say in a regular manner, or any other after what has taken place, I shall conclude there is a deep scheme for some other wicked purpose—Nil admirari &c. I...
32To James Madison from Daniel Carroll, 30 December 1791 (Madison Papers)
Yr. favors of the 20th. & 25th came to hand. Mr Carroll writes me that he shall sett of[f] for Pha. abt the 10th of next month, sooner if any thing urgent happens—this has releiv’d me from considerable anxiety. He thinks it impossible that any body will be so hardy as to make the attempt you mention—indeed on considering that Subject so many things strike my mind, that I cannot beleive any...
33To James Madison from Daniel Carroll, 5 January 1792 (Madison Papers)
Yr. favor of the 1st Instant is come to hand. It will I presume be necessary to come to some con[c]lusion this session about the Representation. I wish it well over—much irritation on so capital a point must be disagreable, may be injurious. If an attempt is made respecting the Residence Law from a respectable quarter, I shall be certain that not that object, but some other damnable design is...
34To James Madison from Daniel Carroll, 8 January 1792 (Madison Papers)
I have noticd in my last the receipt of yr. favor of the 1st Inst. Since which I have little to say to you. We have been immers’d in business for great part of this week, some very disagreable, and I suppose offensive to Majr L’Enfant, & perhaps Ellicot—but indeed it was necessary . I hope Mr Carroll is with you —you may if occasion communicate my confidentials to him. I fear I omitted Mr John...
35To James Madison from Daniel Carroll, 18 January 1792 (Madison Papers)
Your favor of the 10th came to hand. I see by the papers that Mr. Benson has brought forward the Subject on representation. May it be discus’d with temper, & concluded to general satisfaction. Have you look’d forward to a time to be the period of yr. session? You seem to me to have progressd but a little way, considerring how much yr. predecessors had clear’d it for you. My Comps. to Mr...
36To James Madison from Daniel Carroll, 26 January 1792 (Madison Papers)
I wrote to you abt 4 posts past, & to Mr Carroll 2 letters since—there has been a mutual communication between you of the Contents. I shall add nothing more at present on the disagreable Subjects therein, than, that I beleive the Steps we have taken, & information receivd have confounded the propagators of the Slanders—if however they originated in Malice it is impossible to say to what...
37To Thomas Jefferson from Daniel Carroll, 3 February 1792 (Jefferson Papers)
Yr. favor of the 27th. Ulo. came to hand Yesterday. When the Commissioners were compelled to discharge Mr. Roberdeau, they employ’d a careful person with instructions “to pay attention in a very particular manner to the posts and Marks in the federal City, as their being distroyd or misplacd may occasion a repetition of heavy expences besides delay equally injurious.” In addition to what the...
38To James Madison from Daniel Carroll, 7 February 1792 (Madison Papers)
Mr Johnson wrote to me the 31st Ulto. that he shoud set out for Pha the day following—it was with great concern I heard last night that he had not left home, but wou’d as soon as the roads were a little better. I hope however that this is not well founded. I have wrote to him several matters inclosd to Mr C. C. of C. If he is not with you I woud have them opend by Mr Carroll for your joint...
39To James Madison from Daniel Carroll, 23 February 1792 (Madison Papers)
Mr. Carroll has communicated to you my Letters to him, more especially of the 21st & 22d Inst in one, and will what I have said to him this day. Your favor of the 16th came to hand for which I thank you, & sincerely wish a good issue of the Representation Bill—if it getts thro yr. house properly, & the Senate shou’d again alter I fear it will be attended with disagreable consequences. If their...
40To Thomas Jefferson from Daniel Carroll, 6 March 1792 (Jefferson Papers)
This is principally to acknowledge the Receipt of your favour of the 1st Instant.—Previous to the Receipt of it I had Recd. a line from Doctr. Stuart informing Me that He Shou’d See me on the 11th. Inst. We shall then take measures to have a communication with Mr. Johnson according to circumstances. I have written to that Gentn. inclosing a Copy of yours.— It gives Me much pleasure to find we...
41To James Madison from Daniel Carroll, 8 March 1792 (Madison Papers)
Yr. last come to hand was on the 28th Ulto. I have not sent to the office since the last post. As yr. sessions will now soon close, I hope you may separate in harmony for the public good, & yr. own satisfactions; I wish the subject on representation well finishd. Mr Jefferson has favord me with the result of the Negotiations with Majr. L’Enfant, on which you will not expect any remarks from...
42To Thomas Jefferson from Daniel Carroll, 15 March 1792 (Jefferson Papers)
I think it proper to inform you that if nothing unforeseen prevents me, I shall visit Mr. Johnson in 3 or 4 days in order to take with him a further consideration of the Subjects of the dispatches, lately received, and which in part Docr. Stuart and myself have answered by the last Mail. You will observe we have taken the liberty of troubling you to have some matters carry’d into effect, and...
43To James Madison from Daniel Carroll, 26 March 1792 (Madison Papers)
I returnd from a visit to Mr Johnson last thursday. I found him better and anxious to be here on this day which he fully intended to be; A letter has been just handed to me from him, giveing me an acct of an event which I apprehended when I left him. His wifes mother was dying on the day he intended to leave home (yesterday), or coud not survive but a day or two—this will occasion some small...
44To James Madison from Daniel Carroll, 29 March 1792 (Madison Papers)
I wrote a few lines by last post—Since which I have had some Conversation with Col Forrest who says that all the Maryland Delegation will be against the Assumption excepting one viz. Mr Sterrett. He is very possitive in his declarations, but I will not vouch for their being worthy of dependance. Mr. Stuart & myself have been here since Monday. We have enterd on some matters as you may be...
45To James Madison from Daniel Carroll, 9 April 1792 (Madison Papers)
Your favor of the 1st Instant came to hand—since which I have heard that the Assumpsition [ sic ] has been rejected by yr. House. I wish this may not turn out as you mention mere ceremony. I conclude the monied interest will have it a Law. In that case what has been done will only tend to prolong yr. sessions, and irritate the more on the Conclusion. I presume you can now have some idea of the...
46To Thomas Jefferson from Daniel Carroll, 16 April 1792 (Jefferson Papers)
The Commissioners did themselves the honor of writing to you on the 14th Instant, the Warrants having been sent a few posts before. Since then they have concluded to build a House for their Office and accomodation in the City near the place called the Church Square, being not far from the Center and nearly equidistant on the way between the Presidents House and the Capitol, and not far from...
47To Thomas Jefferson from Daniel Carroll, 10 May 1792 (Jefferson Papers)
The Bearer of this is Mr. Collen Williamson of New York, from whence he came at the request of the Commissioners. They desird him to take a view of the Acquia quarries.—He appears to be a person of knowledge, and experience. It is probable that some engagement will be made with him. I thought it might not be impropper to afford you an opportunity of having some conversation with him, if your...
48To James Madison from Daniel Carroll, 27 June 1792 (Madison Papers)
Yrs. of the 12th Inst came to hand; due attention shall be paid to the contents. The sale of Lotts in the City of Washington is to commence on the 8th Octr. One reason for that time, some of yr. Legislature wish’d to be present. In this I fear we shall be disapointed—yr. Govr. haveing call’d yr. Assembly to meet on the 1st of Octr. I wish it may suit you to be with us at that time, & for some...
49To James Madison from Daniel Carroll, 17 August 1792 (Madison Papers)
Your favor of the 24th Ulto. came to hand. I am very sorry to find yr. hopes of the active cooperation of your State in forwarding the City of Washington are at present very languishing. Alltho’ I can readily acct. for the ill humour mentiond, yet I do not see why that shoud effect this great object, unless there is a disposition to dissolve the Union, which God forbid. Shou’d there be such a...
50To James Madison from Daniel Carroll, 1 October 1792 (Madison Papers)
I wrote to you some time past in answer to yr. favor of . Having a moment only by Bisshop Madison I inclose a ps written by Mr. Ross of Bladensburgh in an answer to a Speech of Mercers. Captn. Campbell was obligd to give way to Mercer and supports a Mr Thomas—A wet quaker, of a very fair character—he will from that circumstance & the industry of those opposd to Mercer stand a Chance. The...
51To Thomas Jefferson from Daniel Carroll, 13 October 1792 (Jefferson Papers)
It may be some satisfaction to you to know that the letter you dropd from Mr. Madison came to hand the next day by post. I conclude from thence that you have likewise got the packet. We have been in anxious expectation of receiving some of the Pha. plans of the City of Washington with the Soundings on them. The Sales average about £80 ⅌ Lott. Some were sold by Squares. The average of those...
52To Thomas Jefferson from Daniel Carroll, 25 October 1792 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favor respecting Mr. Hallet came to my hands just as I was leaving home. I presumed you received by him the letter which Docr. Stuart and myself wrote to you. I hope what we did for him was sufficient for his purposes, and that I shall meet him at George Town the 1st of Next week. On my reaching this place I found a Letter from George Town giving me information that Mr. Blodgett had in...
53To James Madison from Daniel Carroll, 13 January 1793 (Madison Papers)
Your favor of the 11th Ulto. came to hand. Notwithstanding I have hitherto been disappointed in procureing the intelligence requested respecting the Potok. Navigation, I have not desisted in my endeavours & have hopes of success. I have allways considerd the Success of this undertakeing in so important a view in many respects, that my utmost endeavours have been exerted in favor of it, & in...
54To Thomas Jefferson from Daniel Carroll, 1 February 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favor of the 15th Ulto. with the plat of the Territory of Columbia reachd this as I am informed on the 25th Ulto. It came to my hands the monday following and I disired Mr. Gantt to deliver it to Mr. Ellicot for the purposes desired. Your Note with Mr. Traquairs to you is just receivd. I expect Messrs: Johnson and Stuart this Evening & remain Dear Sir, with very great esteem & respect,...
55To James Madison from Daniel Carroll, 11 February 1793 (Madison Papers)
Your favor of the 27th Ulto came to hand. With respect to yr. proceedings I have not receiv’d the papers sufficiently regular to follow you. I hope intentions are good, all then will be right. How it is to be in Europe Father time only will say. I expect all Ireland will be in America shortly; if the people can only lay in a Sufficient Stock of potatoes to keep themselves alive on their...
56To George Washington from the Commissioners for the District of Columbia, 23 June 1793 (Washington Papers)
We inclose to you a letter from Majr Ellicott respecting a change of part of the southern Branch of the Canal, and his reasons for a change or totally striking out the Eastern Branch of it in the course of our divisions of the Carrollsburgh property, and the knowledge of situation and circumstances collected from the plats laid before us—the change of the southern branch occurred to ourselves...
57To George Washington from the Commissioners for the District of Columbia, 24 June 1793 (Washington Papers)
We beg leave to refer you to Mr Blodget on the subject of the National University to which in general we have the most friendly disposition, and the site painted out by him we entirely approve if it can be had on the generous terms proposed, on its meeting your approbation we will do every thing in our power in favour of the important institution. We are &ca LB , DNA : RG 42, Records of the...
58Certificate for Lots Purchased in the District of Columbia, 18 September 1793 (Washington Papers)
(Duplicate) Territory of Columbia, 18th September 1793 At a Public Sale of Lots in the City of Washington, George Washington, President of the United States of America became purchaser of Lots No. twelve, No. thirteen & No. fourteen in Square No. six hundred & sixty seven for the consideration of one thousand and sixty six dollars & two thirds of a Dollar, subject to the Terms and Conditions...
59To George Washington from Daniel Carroll, 9 December 1793 (Washington Papers)
Mr Hoban is desirous of forwarding to you a sample of Free Stone found on your Land (about Mount Vernon), on or near the River—Captn Butler has offerd to take charge of it —Mr Hoban says, that it is harder than the Bath Stone from the sample, which was taken from the outSide, & probably will be found better on getting into the quarry. I have the pleasure to inform you, that several persons...
60To George Washington from Daniel Carroll, 2 May 1794 (Washington Papers)
Your favor of the 28th Ulto to the Commissioners, was deliverd to me. In consequence of what you write, I am induced to inform you, that the Commissioners adjourn’d to the 5th of next month (June)—perhaps Mr Johnson may not find it convenient to attend for a few days (2 or 3) after that time, as he did not expect to return to his family before the 1st of June, from a journey to the Westward. I...