1To George Washington from William Pearce, 30 August 1793 (Washington Papers)
I received your agreeable Letter dated Augt 26th in whh you offer me one hundred Guineas, ⅌ Annum, to Superintend your Mount Vernon Estate, providid all matters can be adjusted to the mutual convenience, & Satisfaction, of each of us. on those terms I will accept the Superintendency of Mount Vernon—and am well pleased at your proposition of meeting you at the place , which I will do, at the...
2To George Washington from William Pearce, 19 October 1793 (Washington Papers)
I Recevd you Letter with a Coppy of our Agreement —you Inform me that I am to Live this winter at your mansion House which I shall Like Very well as it will be giving me an oppertunity of Giting acquainted with the Business there—But after that If it should be agreeable to you I had Rather Live in the house you intended for me as I have Several small Children and I should Like to keep them at...
3To George Washington from William Pearce, 24 December 1793 (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from William Pearce, 24 Dec. 1793. On 28 Dec. GW wrote Pearce , “Your letter of the 24th instant . . . came to hand yesterday.”
4To George Washington from William Pearce, 7 January 1794 (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from William Pearce, 7 Jan. 1794. GW wrote Pearce on 12 Jan. acknowledging receipt of “yours of the 7th Instt.”
5To George Washington from William Pearce, 14 January 1794 (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from William Pearce, 14 Jan. 1794. In a letter to Pearce of 19 Jan. , GW acknowledged receipt of “Your letter of the 14th instt.”
6To George Washington from William Pearce, 22 January 1794 (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from William Pearce, 22 Jan. 1794. GW wrote Pearce on 26 Jan. that his “letter of the 22d and the Reports, came duly to hand.”
7To George Washington from William Pearce, 28 January 1794 (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from William Pearce, 28 Jan. 1794. GW wrote Pearce on 9 Feb. acknowledging receipt of “your letter of the 28th of last month.”
8To George Washington from William Pearce, 4 February 1794 (Washington Papers)
I Receved your Letter of the 26 Janry and a bank note of 100 dollars—I took notice that you had put down in the notes in the plan of Rotation—that Corn might be planted in such parts of the fields that ware alloted for the Buck wheat—as would produce it —If the feilds that ware alloted for Corn was not Likely to produce a Soficient Quantity To answear the Several demands that would be for that...
9To George Washington from William Pearce, 11 February 1794 (Washington Papers)
I Recevd your letter of the 3rd Instant with Mr Howel Lewiss Draught on Mr Ross which he acknoledgs to pay within the time limmited. I have paid Mr Dulany for Mrs French & Taken his Rece[i]p[t] as you directed me. Mr Stewarts Daughter at River farm is Dead—she died Last thirsday night & that is the Reason he gave in no Report for last week. The new barn is not yet done, but Green Sais that...
10To George Washington from William Pearce, 15 February 1794 (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from William Pearce, 15 Feb. 1794. [GW’s letter to Pearce of 22 Feb. 1794 was misdated in Presidential Series 15 and will appear in Presidential Series 17 dated 22 February 1795. Because of this date change our assertion of a 15 February 1794 letter from Pearce to GW is incorrect.]
11To George Washington from William Pearce, 17 February 1794 (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from William Pearce, 17 Feb. 1794. GW wrote Pearce on 24 Feb. that “Your letter of the 17th instant came safe.”
12To George Washington from William Pearce, 25 February 1794 (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from William Pearce, 25 Feb. 1794. GW wrote Pearce on 2 March that “Your letter of the 25th Ulto . . . came to hand this day.”
13To George Washington from William Pearce, 3 March 1794 (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from William Pearce, 3 March 1794. GW wrote Pearce on 9 March that “Your letter of the 3d instt is this moment received.”
14To George Washington from William Pearce, 11 March 1794 (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from William Pearce, 11 March 1794. GW wrote Pearce in a letter of 16–17 March that “Your letter of the 11th with its enclosures came to hand at the usual time.”
15To George Washington from William Pearce, 18 March 1794 (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from William Pearce, 18 March 1794. In a letter to Burgess Ball of 23 March , GW mentioned “a letter I have just received from my Manager, Mr Pearce, dated the 18th instt.”
16To George Washington from William Pearce, 25 March 1794 (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from William Pearce, 25 March 1794. GW wrote Pearce on 30 March that “The Reports, and your letter of the 25th instt have been duly recd.”
17To George Washington from William Pearce, 1 April 1794 (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from William Pearce, 1 April 1794. GW wrote Pearce on 6 April acknowledging receipt of “Your letter & Reports of the 1st instant.”
18To George Washington from William Pearce, 9 April 1794 (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from William Pearce, 9 April 1794. GW wrote Pearce on 13 April that “your letter of the 9th instt (which with the weekly reports) have been duly received.”
19To George Washington from William Pearce, 15 April 1794 (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from William Pearce, 15 April 1794. GW wrote Pearce on 20 April acknowledging receipt of “Your letter of the 15th, with the weekly reports.”
20To George Washington from William Pearce, 22 April 1794 (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from William Pearce, 22 April 1794. GW wrote Pearce on 27 April that “Your letter of the 22d instant with its enclosures came duly to hand.”
21To George Washington from William Pearce, 29 April 1794 (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from William Pearce, 29 April 1794. GW wrote Pearce on 4 May that “Your letter of the 29th ulto, and the reports which were enclosed, came duly to hand.”
22To George Washington from William Pearce, 6 May 1794 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found : from William Pearce, 6 May 1794. On 11 May, GW wrote Pearce : "The Weekly reports enclosed in your letter of the 6th instant, have been duly received."
23To George Washington from William Pearce, 11 May 1794 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found : from William Pearce, 11 May 1794. On 18 May, GW wrote Pearce : "I am sorry to find by your letter of the 11th Instt that the Crops & every thing else were suffering from a drought."
24To George Washington from William Pearce, 18 May 1794 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found : from William Pearce, 18 May 1794. On 25 May, GW wrote Pearce : "I learn with concern from your letter of the 18th instant, that your crops were still labouring under a drought."
25To George Washington from William Pearce, 27 May 1794 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found : from William Pearce, 27 May 1794. In GW’s letter to Pearce of 1 June , he writes, "I am glad to find by your letter of the 27th ulto that you had had some good rains"; in Pearce’s second letter to GW of 4 June , he refers to "my Letter of the 27th."
26To George Washington from William Pearce, 4 June 1794 (Washington Papers)
I Received your letter of the 25th of May the Cause of your drilled wheat and I[n]deed the whole Crop being so bad—Must have been from the long Drought last fall which prevented a Great Deal from Coming up and I beleive what did Come up did not Git soficient Strength to stand the winters frost—and what did live through the winter was Very much Injured this spring by the long dry spell we...
27To George Washington from William Pearce, 4 June 1794 (Washington Papers)
In reading your letter that I Recevd this Evening I find you have advised me to take good security for the flour —I did Intend to mention to you that he has Given me Alexander Smyth as one of the Indorsers and Jams Duglass for the other and I am Told by Doctor Craik and Several others that the Security is good. I am Sir with the greatest respect You[r] Huml. Servt P.S. I am not sure wheathr I...
28To George Washington from William Pearce, 8 June 1794 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found : from William Pearce, 8 June 1794. On 15 June, GW wrote Pearce : "Your letter of the 8th with its enclosures I received yesterday."
29To George Washington from William Pearce, 9 July 1794 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found : from William Pearce, 9 July 1794. On 13 July, GW wrote Pearce : "Your letter of the 9th, with the Reports of the preceeding week came to my hands yesterday."
30To George Washington from William Pearce, 16 July 1794 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found : from William Pearce, 16 July 1794. On 20 July, GW wrote Pearce : "Yesterday brought me your letter . . . dated the 16th instt."