1Agreement with Edward Violet, 5 August 1762 (Washington Papers)
...the ensuing year; That is to say he will use his utmost endeavours to make a large and good Crop of Tobacco, Corn and what else may be required—That he will take all necessary and proper care of the Negroes committed to his management using them with proper humanity and discretion—The said Edwd Voilett doth also oblige himself to take all imaginable care of the said Washington’s Stock, as...
2Agreement with Nelson Kelly, 1 September 1762 (Washington Papers)
...; That is to say he will use his utmost endeavours to make a large and good Crop of Corn, Tobacco, and what else may be required. That he will take all necessary and proper care of the Negroes committed to his management, treating them with humanity and tenderness when Sick, and preventing them when well, from running about and visiting without his consent; as also to forbid strange...
3From George Washington to William Burnet, 30 June 1776 (Washington Papers)
...Franklin has evidenced a most unfriendly disposition to our cause—As the Colony Conventn have ordered him to Connecticut for refusing to comply with such terms as they deemed necessary and proper for him to enter into to procure his liberty—As he does not propose to sign the Parole which they formed, but has proposed sevl Alterations, I am of Opinion your Committee should Interfere in the...
4To George Washington from Major General William Heath, 6 September 1776 (Washington Papers)
...was in Hopes this morning to have Given you Some fresh Intilligence, but have not yet Receiv⟨ed⟩ it but Still Expect it, as we have undoubtedly a Spy on the Island, Every necessary and Proper preparation having been made for that Purpose the Last night, and it is rather too Early in the morning as yet to receive our Expected Intilligence, General Clinton Went Down yesterday to Froggs Point...
5Orders to James Mease, 4 March 1777 (Washington Papers)
By Virtue of your Commission you are authorized to appoint Agents in each of the States to purchase, all such Articles of Cloathing necessary and proper for the Soldiery, as may occasionally fall in their way, for which they shall be allowed such a Commn as shall be deemed adequate to the Trouble. You are also to be allowed, as many Clerks and Storekeepers...
6From George Washington to Brigadier General John Cadwalader, 28 August 1777 (Washington Papers)
...of the Bay, that they may be in a situation to annoy the Enemy should they make a push against Philadelphia; giving such advice and direction to the Officers as shall appear to you necessary and proper. I know well, that your situation in this instance will be delicate and not a little embarrassing. I feel myself in that predicament; Yet, I trust the exigency of our Affairs will not only...
7From George Washington to Brigadier General William Maxwell, 2 October 1778 (Washington Papers)
...am favd with yours of the 29th Sepr. Lord Stirling who is now in Jersey, and has the general command of the troops there, will be a better judge than I am of the necessary and proper dispositions to be made. You will therefore implicitly obey him, and either remain where you are at present with your whole Brigade, or detatch such a part of it as His Lordship may direct. He mentions the...
8To George Washington from Brigadier General Henry Knox, 30 December 1778 (Washington Papers)
...is in the power of any malicious person to prosecute me, even, perhaps, to conviction, for performing what they might call acts of Supererogation, and what your Excellency and every other rational, just man might think a necessary and proper Service.
9From George Washington to Major General William Heath, 14–15 January 1780 (Washington Papers)
—which you will draw out of his hands for paying the troops and for the necessary and proper accounts, by your warrants. The supply of cash which has been received here, will not admit more to be sent to Mr Read. I am Dr, Sir, with great regard, Your obt & hble servt
10From George Washington to William Greene, 25 May 1780 (Washington Papers)
...wanted in the first instance for the Sick, which may be on board the Fleet of His Most Christian Majesty when it arrives. The Doctor will consult with Your Excellency about the Houses which will be necessary and proper upon the occasion—and on the best mode of obtaining the refreshments which he may think it essential to provide. He will stand very materially in need of your good offices in...
11To George Washington from the Pennsylvania Supreme Executive Council, 7 August 1780 (Washington Papers)
...point where you shall deem them most usefull, it is our duty to acquiesce in this measure and tho it probably may at first be distressing to the inhabitants, we shall endeavour to reconcile them to it, as a necessary and proper, tho an unexpected event.
12To George Washington from Lieutenant Colonel Richard Varick, 12 November 1780 (Washington Papers)
...professed and pointed subject of your inquiries, to form a competent and just decision on the line of my conduct since I joined Mr. Arnold as a volunteer, and his secretary, and also that it will be necessary and proper to evince to my countrymen and fellow-citizens the true tenor of my language and actions from the commencement of the war to the day of my joining him, and to show to them my...
13To George Washington from Theodorick Bland, 2 July 1781 (Washington Papers)
...Congress, in the terms contained in your letter but not without some opposition from the delegates of this state, which excited no small surprize in me seeing the requisition was in every sense so necessary and proper—the Exertions of Rhode Island and some of the other states make a happy Contrast to this disposition. We have great reason to believe from a letter of Col. Cary Sp. of the Sen...
14Enclosure I: Resolution of the Virginia Assembly, 28 December 1784 (Washington Papers)
...as the same may be found practicable: to open a convenient road from the head of such navigation to the Waters running into the Ohio, and to render these Waters navigable as far as may be necessary and proper: that the said Works will require great expence, which may not be repaid unless a free use be secured to the said States and their Citizens of the Waters of the Ohio and its branches as...
15To George Washington from John Jay, 7 January 1787 (Washington Papers)
and express power of appointing Deputies to a general Convention, who or the majority of whom should take into consideration the articles of Confederation, & make such alterations amendments and additions thereto as to them should appear necessary and proper; and which being by them ordained and published should have the same force & obligation which all or any of the present articles now have.
16To George Washington from Henry Knox, 27 February 1787 (Washington Papers)
..., in which I stated my apprehensions respecting the proposed disfranchisement in Massachusetts. I did not mean to find fault with the measure. I am persuaded circumstances have rendered it necessary, and proper. But any rigorous chastisement of the rebels, will enflame them and render it right and expedient for the government to provide for its own safety against the sudden attempts of men...
17From George Washington to William Barton, 7 September 1788 (Washington Papers)
My remarks, you will please to observe, go only to the expediency, not to the merits of the proposition. What may be necessary and proper hereafter, I hold myself incompetent to decide, as I am but a private citizen. You may, however, rest satisfied, that your composition is calculated to give favorable impressions of the science, candor, and ingenuity, with...
18From George Washington to John Marshall, 5 April 1789 (Washington Papers)
...prove that fact, is dead. Upon my going to Congress in 1774 I left that among other debts, with him to collect for me—and there is not the smallest doubt but that he took the necessary and proper steps to recover it—indeed the several payments which were made by the Executors, or their order upon Acct of the bill sufficiently proves, in my opinion, that proper notice was given them—but if...
19To George Washington from John Jay, 13 October 1789 (Washington Papers)
...1789, Sir. I beg leave to submit in the most respectful manner, the enclosed memorial to the consideration of the Government of the United States. The memorialist informs me he hath in his possession all necessary and proper vouchers and documents to establish fully the facts set fourth in his said memorial. I am with very great respect, Sir, your most obedient and most humble Servant. John...
20Enclosure: Opinion on the Constitutionality of the Bank, 12 February 1791 (Washington Papers)
3. because it is necessary and proper to carry into execution some of the specified powers:...the specified powers, being thus insufficient to uphold the incorporation of a bank; we come to the last enquiry, which has been already anticipated, whether it be sanctified by the power to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the powers, vested
21Enclosure: Additional Considerations on the Bank Bill, 12 February 1791 (Washington Papers)
“necessary and proper”,
22Enclosure: Opinion on the Constitutionality of an Act to Establish a Bank, 23 February 1791 (Washington Papers)
It may be truly said of every government as well as of that of the United States, that it has only a right to pass such Laws as are necessary
and proper to accomplish the objects entrusted to it: for no government has a right to do 3. Because it is necessary and proper to carry into execution some of the specified powers.
23To George Washington from William Smith, 28 April 1792 (Washington Papers)
and be permitted to have Access to such of the State-Papers and Documents, as in the Wisdom and Discretion of the President, or of the Ministers and Heads of Departments, shall be deemed necessary and proper materials for rectifying Mistakes, and producing a more compleat History upon the Plan proposed above.
24To George Washington from Henry Knox, 4 January 1794 (Washington Papers)
It is however conceived necessary and proper that under the prospect of augmenting the
means of our defence that this branch of public service should be placed under the
direction of a responsible Officer.
25To George Washington from Henry Knox, 4 August 1794 (Washington Papers)
Presuming that the certificate will be given by him, it appears that the following measures would be necessary and proper.
26From George Washington to John Mason, 2 January 1798 (Washington Papers)
...as you are at Annapolis) of troubling you with a repe[ti]tion of the opinion which I have invariably expressed, concerning the advantages of that undertaking; and you have my permission to communicate it whenever it may be necessary and proper, to obviate any doubts as mentioned above, or even otherwise promote the interest of the Company.
27From George Washington to James McHenry, 13 November 1798 (Washington Papers)
...which you state seem indeed to require such information. But on reflection, it has occurred to me as most regular, that you should settle with those officers what it may be reciprocally deemed necessary and proper for them to communicate; to the end that they may themselves bring forward, either through you or directly to me as may be agreed, but without any previous application from me,...
28Editorial Note (Washington Papers)
...the broad authority of Congress to legislate on the basis of Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution, which empowered the legislature “To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution” all “Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States.” This argument, embodying what subsequently became known as the doctrine of implied...