3901Thomas Jefferson to Edmond Charles Genet, 23 June 1793 (Hamilton Papers)
In answer to your letter of the 18th. inst. I am instructed by the President to inform you that the fund in question has been so clearly understood on all hands to be specifically appropriated for the payment of the bills which were recognised by the former agents of France here as to be incapable of being diverted without disappointing the just expectations of our citizens holders of those...
3902From Thomas Jefferson to Edmond Charles Genet and George Hammond, 15 November 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
I have the honor to inform you that the district Attorney of Pennsylvania is this day instructed to take measures for finally settling the cases of the British ship William, captured by the French privateer the Citoyen Genet , and reclaimed as taken within the Jurisdiction of the United States, in which he will proceed as I had the honor of stating to you in my letter of November 10. I have...
3903From Thomas Jefferson to Edmond Charles Genet, 23 July 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
Th: Jefferson has the honor of inclosing to Mr. Genet the communications of M. de Vergennes and M. de Montmorin which he was so kind as to put into his hand. He begs pardon for having made an endorsement on them in a moment when he had forgotten that they were to be returned. PrC ( DLC ). FC ( Lb in DNA : RG 59, DL ). For the enclosures, see enclosures i and ii printed at first Memorandum to...
3904From Alexander Hamilton to Edmond Charles Genet, 25 May 1793 (Hamilton Papers)
Mr. Hamilton presents his Compliments to Mr. Genet—has the honor to inclose him a sketch of the state of payments on account of the three Millions for which an arrangement was made with Mr. Ternant —shewing a sum yet to be paid of One hundred and seventy six thousand three hundred and Eighty three Dollars and Eight-Nine Cents, beyond those heretofore paid and those for which collateral...
3905From Thomas Jefferson to Edmond Charles Genet, 16 August 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
The President of the US. has received the letter which you addressed to him from New York on the 13th. instant, and I am desired to observe to you that it is not the established course for the diplomatic characters residing here to have any direct correspondence with him. The Secretary of state is the organ thro’ which their communications should pass. The President does not concieve it to be...
3906From Thomas Jefferson to Edmond Charles Genet, 31 December 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
I have laid before the President of the United States your letter of the 20th. instant, accompanying translations of the instructions given you by the Executive Council of France, to be distributed among the members of Congress, desiring that the President will lay them officially before both Houses, and proposing to transmit successively, other papers, to be laid before them in like manner:...
3907From Thomas Jefferson to Edmond Charles Genet, 24 November 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
I am to acknoledge the receipt of your letter of the 19th. instant, and to thank you for the information it conveys of the present state of the French islands in the West Indies. Their condition must always be interesting to the US. with whom nature has connected them by the strong link of mutual necessities. The riot which had been raised in Philadelphia some days ago, by emigrants from St....
3908From Thomas Jefferson to Edmond Charles Genet, 17 June 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
I shall now have the honor of answering your letter of the 8th instant, and so much of that of the 14th. (both of which have been laid before the President) as relates to a vessel armed in the port of new York and about to depart from thence, but stopped by order of the Government; and here I beg leave to premise, that, the case supposed in your letter, of a vessel arming merely for her own...
3909To George Washington from the Philadelphia Society for the Information and Assistance of Persons Emigrating from Foreign … (Washington Papers)
You are now approached by a society thro their Committee whose province it is to take the Emigrant stranger by the hand on his arrival to our happy shores, and point him to such objects as may render him servicable to society and himself; and to assist those in more indigent circumstances until they can engage in useful employment. Such a society uniting with others of their fellow citizens in...
3910From George Washington to the Georgia Legislature, 18 March 1790 (Washington Papers)
The congratulations presented to me by the different branches of the Legislature of the State of Georgia, upon my having been elected with unanimity to the Presidency of the United States, affect my mind with the most pleasing sensations, and demand my best acknowledgements. From the observation that “in the great concerns of mankind, success has not always been attendant on the performance of...
3911From George Washington to the Georgia Masons, 14 May 1791 (Washington Papers)
I am much obliged by your congratulations on my arrival in this city—and I am highly indebted to your favorable opinions. Every circumstance concurs to render my stay in Savannah agreeable, and it is cause of regret to me that it must be so short. My best wishes are offered for the welfare of the fraternity, and for your particular happiness. DS , DSC ; LB , DLC:GW . The Grand Lodge of Georgia...
3912From George Washington to the Georgia Society of the Cincinnati, 13 May 1791 (Washington Papers)
Your congratulations on my arrival in this State are received with grateful sensibility—your esteem and attachment are replied to with truth and affection. Could the praise of an individual confer distinction on men whose merits are recorded in the independence and sovereignty of their country, I would add, with grateful pride, the tribute of my testimony to the public acknowledgement—I would...
3913From George Washington to James Germain, 1 June 1794 (Washington Papers)
An honest man—a man attentive to his duty—and one who discharges the trust reposed in him with activity, zeal and integrity fears neither the inspecting eye, nor the chiding remarks of his Employer; because he feels something within him, that tells him, that the first measure is dictated by that prudence wch ought to govern all men who commits a trust to another—and that such a conduct as I...
3914From George Washington to the German Reformed Congregations, June 1789 (Washington Papers)
I am happy in concurring with you in the sentiments of gratitude and piety towards Almighty-God, which are expressed with such fervency of devotion in your address; and in believing, that I shall always find in you, and the German Reformed Congregations in the United States a conduct correspondent to such worthy and pious expressions. At the same time, I return you my thanks for the...
3915From George Washington to the Germantown, Pennsylvania, School Trustees, 6 November 1793 (Washington Papers)
The readiness with which the Trustees of the public School of Germantown tender the buildings under their charge, for the use of Congress, is a proof of their zeal for furthering the public good; and doubtless the Inhabitants of Germantown generally, actuated by the same motives, will feel the same dispositions to accommodate, if necessary, those who assemble but for their service & that of...
3916Tobias Lear to Elbridge Gerry, 8 December 1791 (Washington Papers)
Philadelphia, 8 Dec. 1791. Having received “the Pears and the curious fluted Cymbling which Mr. Gerry has been so good as to send them,” the president and Mrs. Washington “beg his acceptance of their best thanks for this mark of polite attention.” George D. Smith catalog #172, 1912–13, item 521. Cymling was a contemporary name for pattypan squash ( Shannon, American Dictionary of Culinary...
3917From John Adams to Elbridge Gerry, 13 February 1797 (Adams Papers)
I recd by this days Post your favr of the 3d No. 2. I had before received Number 1.—I shall confine myself in this to No. 2. You are Apprehensive “that France will view the discussion of Gratitude in its full Extent, as trespassing the Line of defence” But Adet had laid his demands of Gratitude so high and all his Partisans were in the habit of deafening our People with such rude and...
3918Abigail Adams to Elbridge Gerry, 31 December 1796 (Adams Papers)
Your obliging favour of December 28 th , I received by the Hand of Dr. Welch. I thank you Sir, for your Congratulations, which receive their value from the Sincerity with which I believe them fraught. The elevated station in which the Suffrages of our Country have placed our Friend, is encompassed with so Many Dangers and difficulties, that it appears to Me a slipery Precipice, surrounded on...
3919From Thomas Jefferson to Elbridge Gerry, 26 February 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
I am just now favored with your note of to-day. The wine you enquire after is called Sauterne, and costs about 1/ sterling the bottle, (included) at 3. years old, earlier than which it should not be tasted, and still much better not to drink it till 4. years old, one year then makes great odds in the flavor. The best crop is that of the Countess de Luz-Saluce. But you had better address...
3920From Alexander Hamilton to Samuel Gerry, 22 November 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
[ Philadelphia, November 22, 1791. Asks Gerry to secure the papers which belonged to the office of the Marblehead collector of customs and which were in the possession of the estate of the late collector, Richard Harris. Letter not found. ] LS , sold at American Art Association, February 28, 1927, Lot 138. Gerry was collector of customs at Marblehead, Massachusetts. Summary of letter taken...
3921From Alexander Hamilton to Samuel Gerry, 18 August 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
Your Letter of the 28 Ultimo was duly received. If it should appear to you that the former ad-measurements of Vessels have been materially inaccurate, read-measurements may be made. This, however, will not affect any thing past. A Thermometer was sent to you in March 1791. Inquiry will be made by what opportunity it was transmitted. In the mean time I should be glad to be informed whether none...
3922From Alexander Hamilton to Samuel Gerry, 26 September 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
Treasury Department, September 26, 1792. “I have directed another Thermometer to be sent.… The article being an expensive one, it is necessary that care be taken for its preservation.” LC , Essex Institute, Salem, Massachusetts; RC , Bentley Historical Library (Crouse Autograph Collection), Ann Arbor, Michigan. See H to Gerry, August 18, 1792 .
3923From Alexander Hamilton to Samuel Gerry, 11 July 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
Treasury Department, July 11, 1792. Cites case of the Schooner Dolphin , which was “admeasured” at both Baltimore and Marblehead. Asks why results of the “ad-measurement” at Marblehead were different from those at Baltimore and asks “to be particularly informed of the usal process which prevails at your port for the admeasuring of vessels.” LC , Essex Institute, Salem, Massachusetts. Gerry was...
3924From Alexander Hamilton to Samuel R. Gerry, [3 September 1790] (Hamilton Papers)
[ Treasury Department, September 3, 1790. The description of this letter in the dealer’s catalogue reads: “Interesting letter to the newly appointed Collector of Customs at Marblehead (Massachusetts) enclosing a communication for the former incumbent of that office, Mr. Burrell Devereux, which will enable Gerry ‘to receive every thing in his hands relative to the duties of your office.’” Letter...
3925From Alexander Hamilton to Samuel R. Gerry, 28 May 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
Your letter of the 5th instant has been received at the Treasury. It will be impossible for me to give any opinion on the disatisfaction expressed by some of the Owners ⟨-⟩ing at your port respecting the former admeasurement ⟨of the⟩ir Vessels, until I am informed of the particular causes which have induced them to solicit a readmeasurement. I am with consideration Sir, your most humble...
3926From Alexander Hamilton to Samuel Russell Gerry, 9 August 1790 (Hamilton Papers)
You will find enclosed a Commission for the Office of Collector of the Customs for the District of Marblehead to which the President of the United States, with the concurrence of the Senate, has been pleased to appoint you. On the receipt of it you will be pleased to obtain from the Office of your predecessor the laws, & my several Circular letters for your government and information. The...
3927From Alexander Hamilton to Caleb Gibbs, 20 April 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
[ Philadelphia, April 20, 1791. On May 16, 1791, Gibbs wrote to Hamilton : “I have been honored by your much esteemed favour of the 20th. Ulto.” Letter not found. ] Gibbs and H had been close friends during the American Revolution when both had been aides-de-camp to George Washington.
3928From George Washington to Caleb Gibbs, 21 July 1793 (Washington Papers)
When your letter of the 15 ulto came to this place I was in the act of setting off for Virga on urgent private business of my own—and, since my return that of a public nature has engrossed all my time. I write to you now because you have requested an acknowledgement of your letter—not because there is any place vacant (known to me), or⟨,⟩ that I would be under any promise if there was. I have...
3929From Thomas Jefferson to William B. Giles, 13 December 1789 (Jefferson Papers)
I am honored with your favor of the 9th on the subject of the hire of my servant, but as my stay in Virginia will be too short to intermeddle with my affairs I must beg the favor of you to do in the matter as you would have done had I not returned.—I take the liberty of asking information from you, if you know who are the executors or administrators of the late young Mr. John Bannister, as I...
3930From Thomas Jefferson to William Branch Giles, 19 March 1796 (Jefferson Papers)
I know not when I have recieved greater satisfaction than on reading the speech of Dr. Lieb in the Pennsylvania Assembly. He calls himself a new member. I congratulate honest republicanism on such an acquisition, and promise myself much from a career which begins on such elevated ground.—We are in suspense here to see the fate and effect of Mr. Pitt’s bill against democratic societies. I wish...