51From John Jay to George Clinton, 22 May 1779 (Jay Papers)
I have now the Pleasure of enclosing you a Copy of certain Resolutions moved in Congress this Morning respecting the pretended State of Vermont. They were introduced by M r . Morris with a very proper prefatory Speech. on Saturday next Congress ^ the House ^ will ^ be ^ resolved themselves into a Com[mitte]e of the whole to take them into Consideration—what will be their Fate is uncertain, tho...
52From John Jay to George Clinton, 25 April 1781 (Jay Papers)
Where you live, whether still at Poghkeepsie, or at Kingston or elsewhere— Whether any of my Letters have reached you, & whether you have been too sick, too busy, or too lazy to answer any of them— how M rs . Clinton & her little Family does? Whether Vermont is to be or not to be & c & c . are points of which I am as ignorant as if I resided among the ten Tribes, whose Habitations no...
53From John Jay to George Clinton, 14 July 1780 (Jay Papers)
My last Letter to you was dated the 20: th June— I have written many & hope you have already rec d . several. None from you have as yet reached me— By the Journals of Congress I percieve that your Disputes with your Neighbors are in fair Way of being decided— I think M r Duane might have been a useful Counsellor to your other Delegates on that occasion, but I dont find his name among those...
54From John Jay to George Clinton, 25 October 1779 (Jay Papers)
Be pleased to keep the Letters herewith enclosed, until good opportunities of sending them offer— Since the Successes of General Sullivan against the six Nations, some People have affected to speake of that Country as a conquered one, and I should not be surprized if they should next proceed to insist that it belongs to the united States, by whose Arms it was won from independent Nations in...
55From John Jay to George Clinton, 18 October 1784 (Jay Papers)
You may remember that Peter V Schaack Esq r . was among those [ illegible ] to whom the Com rs . charged with the Execution of ^ the ^ act respecting Persons of doubtful political Characters tendered the Oath prescribed by it, and which he declined taking— He apprehends that his Return to this Country is opposed by that Circumstance and fears that the obstacle arising from it cannot be...
56From John Jay to George Clinton, 23 February 1782 (Jay Papers)
My last to you was written on the 16 Nov r . since which I have not ^ had ^ the pleasure of hearing from you— Three Days ago M rs . Jay was delivered of a Daughter & I take the Liberty of enclosing a Letter ^ on that Subject ^ for my Father, which you be so kind as to send him— I congratulate you on the sucessful Issue of the last Campaign, to the Brillancy of which the ^ late
57From John Jay to George Clinton, 10 January 1779 (Jay Papers)
Had I more Leisure I should send you less blank Paper— Intelligence of Importance we have none— The News Papers will tell you little— I wish they said less— If I am not greatly decieved the Vermont Affair will end well— Send us the Papers— If my Brothers are with you request them to write to me— My Comp ts to those about you whom you know I esteem—particularly Livingston Benson & Platt— my...
58From John Jay to George Clinton, 16 September 1779 (Jay Papers)
Your Favor by M r . Phelps has arrived— I approve much of your Resolutions respecting Vermont— It is a Pity they had not taken Place two Years ago— They were committed— and a Report I am told will ^ believe will ^ be made To Day or Tomorrow— whether it will be sufficiently explicit or pass in its present Form is uncertain— My Endeavours [to] render it proper ^ neither have or ^ shall not be...
59From Thomas Jefferson to George Clinton, 27 April 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
I have the honor to acknolege the receipt of your Excellency’s favor of the 19th. inst. with the exemplification of the treaties accompanying it as also the Bill of the secretary, amounting to 12½ dollars, for which I take the liberty of inclosing him a bank post note thro’ your Excellency, as I know not his particular address. Be pleased to accept my thanks for your attention and assurances...
60From Thomas Jefferson to Joseph Bradley Varnum, 7 December 1807 (Jefferson Papers)
The papers now communicated to your house for perusal being to be read in the other house also, and, as originals, to be returned to me, mr Coles, my Secretary, will attend to recieve them, after they shall have been read to the satisfaction of your house; and, having handed them to the other house for the same purpose, he will return them to me. I ask the favor of your aid in having this...
61From Thomas Jefferson to George Clinton, 1 June 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
The bearer hereof, Monsr. de Hauterive, appointed Consul at New York in the place of M. de Crevecoeur, having brought me some very particular recommendations from friends at Paris , who would not give them lightly, I comply with their desire in presenting him to your notice. In a short conversation which I had with him, I found him a man of literature, and a genuine republican, under which...
62From Thomas Jefferson to George Clinton, 13 December 1808 (Jefferson Papers)
The inclosed was delivered to me among a mass of letters from the post office, and reading only the first line of the superscription, I fell into the same error with the post office, & broke the outer seal. percieving the mistake, I did not break the inner one, and now inclose the packet to you, trusting to your indulgence for an error so entirely unintentional. I salute you with great respect...
63From Thomas Jefferson to George Clinton, 6 July 1807 (Jefferson Papers)
I congratulate you on your safe arrival with miss Clinton at New York, & especially on your escape from British violence. this aggression is of a character so distinct from that on the Chesapeake, and of so aggravated a nature, that I consider it as a very material one to be presented with that to the British government. I pray you therefore to write me a letter stating the transaction, & in...
64From Thomas Jefferson to George Clinton, 31 December 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
I recieved last night your favor of the 22d. written on the occasion of the libellous pamphlet lately published with you. I began to read it, but the dulness of the first pages made me give up the reading for a dip into here & there a passage, till I came to what respected myself. the falshood of that gave me a test for the rest of the work, & considering it always useless to read lies, I...
65From Thomas Jefferson to George Clinton, 30 December 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
The President has received your letter on the seisure of goods in the county of Ontario by certain officers of the British government , and measures having been taken to procure a full and certain statement of the case, whenever that shall be received, he will proceed to have done in it whatever the facts shall render proper. I have the honor to be with great respect & esteem Sir Your most...
66From Thomas Jefferson to George Clinton, 17 February 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
As it is possible and perhaps probable that at the ensuing conferences on Lake Erie with the Northern and Western Indians they may be disposed to look back to antient treaties, it becomes necessary that we should collect them, in order to be in a state of preparation. This can only be done with the aid of the several state-offices where these treaties have been deposited, which, in New York I...
67From Thomas Jefferson to George Clinton, 13 March 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
I duly recieved your favor of the 5th. inst. and have now to request transcripts of the Indian treaties made under the state of New York, as it is conceived they may be necessary to put the Commissioners in full possession of all facts relative to the subjects they have to treat of, and to prevent their being surprised by the producing of any matter whatever with which they may be...
68From Thomas Jefferson to George Clinton, 31 December 1808 (Jefferson Papers)
Th: Jefferson presents his respects to the Vice president and presuming, from the address of the within, that it relates to the legislative body, he takes the liberty of inclosing it to the Vice president as at the head of that body. DNA : RG 46—Records of the U.S. Senate.
69From Thomas Jefferson to George Clinton, 17 May 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
To you I need not make the observation that of all the duties imposed on the Executive head of a government, appointment to office is the most difficult & most irksome. you have had long experience of it, and are I hope by this time ascertained of being in the way of experiencing it again, on which accept my sincere congratulations. disposed myself to make as few changes in office as possible,...
70From Thomas Jefferson to George Clinton, 10 September 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
The President of the United States has received the letter, which Your Excellency addressed to him on the second instant. He considers it as a fresh proof of your disposition, to prevent the exercise of state authorities from clashing with those of the fœderal Government. The event which Your Excellency has communicated, is indeed, what you express it to be, of national concern, and the power...
71From Thomas Jefferson to George Clinton, 17 January 1806 (Jefferson Papers)
The inclosed letter from mr Monroe being to be communicated to the other house also, I ask the favor of you, as soon as it shall have been read to yours, to have it put into the hands of mr Coles, my Secretary, who attends to recieve & carry it to the other house. Accept my friendly & respectful salutations. DNA : RG 46—Records of the U.S. Senate.
72From James Madison to George Clinton, 27 January 1806 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ To George Clinton. 27 January 1806, Department of State. “The Secretary of State has the honor to present his respects to the Vice President of the UStates, and to enclose his report to the Senate in pursuance of their resolution of the 2nd. March last.” RC ( DNA : RG 46, Reports and Communications from the Secretary of State, 9A–F1). 1 p.; in Wagner’s hand. Dated 1805; corrected date...
73From James Madison to George Clinton, 9 February 1809 (Madison Papers)
By direction of the President, I do myself the honor of transmitting to You the enclosed Certificate of your Election as Vice President of the United States. I am &c: DNA : RG 59—DL—Domestic Letters.
74From James Madison to George Clinton (Abstract), 14 February 1805 (Madison Papers)
14 February 1805, Department of State . “By the direction of the President of the United States, I do myself the honor of transmitting to you the enclosed certificate of your election as Vice-President of the United States.” Letterbook copy ( DNA : RG 59, DL , vol. 14). 1 p. On 14 Feb. 1805 the Senate passed a resolution that the president be requested to inform Clinton of his election as vice...
75From James Madison to George Clinton, 8 February 1810 (Madison Papers)
J. Madison presents his respects to the Vice President, & incloses a letter inadvertently opened some time since; the error being just now discovered. RC and enclosure ( DNA : RG 46, TP , Indiana). Enclosure (7 pp.) is Elias McNamee to the president of the Senate, 12 Dec. 1809. Enclosure printed in Carter, Territorial Papers, Indiana , 7:682–86.
76From Jonathan Trumbull, Jr. to George Clinton, 30 March 1783 (Washington Papers)
His Excy the Comr in Chief directs me to send the inclosed Letter to your Excellency—in the present Situation of Affairs, the Genl is at a Loss in what Light to View persons taken under these Circumstances—and wishes your Excellencys pleasure to be signified respectg such as are Citizens of your State. With highest Respects I am &c. DLC : Papers of George Washington.
77George Washington to George Clinton, 16 February 1778 (Hamilton Papers)
Valley Forge, February 16, 1778 . Describes sufferings at Camp because of lack of food and clothing. Asks Clinton to do all that is possible to forward supplies. Df , in writing of H, George Washington Papers, Library of Congress.
78From George Washington to Brigadier General George Clinton, 31 March 1777 (Washington Papers)
A Captain who escaped from New York on Saturday Evening and who arrived here this morning, informs, that about Three Thousand Troops (British & Hessians) were embarked from the City & Staten Island when he came away. It was generally said, they had in contemplation an expedition to Chesepeak Bay and to make a descent on the Eastern Shore. There were some who conjectured, they mean to go up the...
79From George Washington to George Clinton, 15 July 1781 (Washington Papers)
One Losee, formerly an Inhabitant of this State, now a Deserter from the Enemy, is send to your Excellency’s disposal. It is asserted by a Certain Berrian (immediately from the Enemy) that Losee, was an Emissary charged with Dispatches for the Enemy at the Northward; I am also told Col. Da y ton has recd similar information of him. I have &c. DLC : Papers of George Washington.
80From George Washington to George Clinton, 19 October 1778 (Washington Papers)
I last evening recd the inclosed from Congress with a request that I would take measures for carrying the plan recommended by Colo. Hartley into execution. The advices which I have just recd from different quarters bear the strongest marks of an immediate evacuation of New York. These considerations induce me, should it be deemed expedient, to make an addition to Colonel Cortlands command by...