1From George Washington to Robert Alexander, 14 November 1786 (Washington Papers)
Robert Alexander (d. 1793) of Alexandria was the son of Col. Gerard Alexander (d. 1761).For the land deal in which GW in the fall of 1769 advanced Robert Alexander £500 to purchase land in Charles County, Md., see
2To James Madison from Alexander Contee Hanson, 2 June 1788 (Madison Papers)
of 8 May carried a notice, dated 6 May, by “One of the Committee” (Hanson) announcing a forthcoming reply to the address of the minority. This reply, no doubt for the reasons Hanson suggested, did not appear in the Maryland papers, and JM evidently did not attempt to get it published in Richmond. Hanson’s draft is printed in
3To James Madison from Tench Coxe, 15 February 1788 (Madison Papers)
Will you take the trouble of mentioning to the hon. Mr. Contee from Maryland that Judge Hanson sent me a large pacquet of Pamphlets for him which I sent on yesterday. Mr. Hanson writes me there is no doubt in Maryland, and tho [he] considers the Opposition in Virga. as very powerful, he says he is well grounded in assuring me of its final Success there.“Judge Hanson”—Alexander Contee Hanson—was...
4To James Madison from Charles Thomson, 15 September 1786 (Madison Papers)
, XXVIII, 361 n.; XXXI, 642). JM was one of nine arbiters selected on 13 Sept. 1785, but only two men actually became involved—Alexander Contee Hanson and Robert Goldsborough, Jr. Indeed, the two states finally settled the dispute in April 1787 without further federal intervention. JM may have made the four pages of notes from Alexander Hewatt’s
5To George Washington from Samuel Hanson, 2 October 1788 (Washington Papers)
Samuel Hanson, who served as a lieutenant colonel of the Charles County, Md., militia during the Revolution, was a merchant in Alexandria and a trustee of the Alexandria Academy. The two boys mentioned in Hanson’s letter are George Steptoe and Lawrence Washington, the sons of GW’s deceased brother Samuel (see ...and boarded them with Parthenia Alexander Massey Dade, widow of Townshend Dade (d....
6To George Washington from Samuel Hanson, 18 November 1787 (Washington Papers)
Hanson wrote GW on 23 September.The brothers George Steptoe Washington and Lawrence Augustine Washington had been studying at William Mc Whir’s academy in Alexandria since November 1785 and living in Hanson’s house since January 1787. GW replied from Mount Vernon on 24 Nov.: “Sir, I am sorry it is not convenient for you to board my Nephews any longer—Mr Lear is desired to see what can...
7To George Washington from Samuel Hanson, 23 March 1788 (Washington Papers)
The boys lived with Mrs. Parthenia Alexander Massey Dade in 1785 when they first enrolled at the Alexandria Academy.The child Lawrence Augustine Washington whipped was probably Maria Hanson (b. 1781).
8To George Washington from William Lyles, 3 April 1789 (Washington Papers)
I will in the following terms Settle and discharge the debt due from Mr Robert Alexander to your Excellency, on which their is now a Suit depending, and in which, I am his special Bail. On Mr Wm HuntersLyles’s letter concerns GW’s protracted dispute with his neighbor and foxhunting companion Robert Alexander (d. 1793). As early as 1760 GW had approached another of his neighbors, Thomas Hanson...
9To George Washington from Alexander Steel, 18 May 1786 (Washington Papers)
..., and our Confiscating the Property of Loyalists and Toryes alone induced him alterining his Will; Dubious we shou’d be Conquered, and in the Body of His will says to my Eldest son Alexander Steel I leave One Shilling for his being an Officer in the Rebell Army; I therefore most respectfully hope your Excellency: will pardon my presuming to request relative to my Conduct if an application...
10To George Washington from Robert Edge Pine, 16 December 1785 (Washington Papers)
P.S. I may be found at Judge Hanson’s Annapolis—Coll Rogers’s Baltimore—or at the State House Philadelphia.Alexander Contee Hanson (1749–1806), who had served on GW’s staff in 1776, was at this time a judge of the Maryland General Court and lived on Church Street in Annapolis. Nicholas Rogers of Druid Hill, Md., served...