1To George Washington from Alexander Contee Hanson, 22 February 1796 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
from Alexander Contee Hanson, . On 7 March, GW wrote Hanson: “Your letter of the 22d Ulto has been duly received.”
2To George Washington from Alexander Contee Hanson, 14 September 1793 (Washington Papers)
Hanson is referring to Philadelphia wine merchant Henry Hill.
3To George Washington from Thomas Hanson Marshall, 18 June 1769 (Washington Papers)
...made safe in Regard to the Conveyance, As his Wife is not of Suffiteant Age to Co[n]vey the same, And the Land Under a Strong Intale However that would be Easilly wiped of (heare) was Mrs Alexander of Suffiteant age, On youre Giveing me a suffiteant Indemnification in Regard to Mr Alexanders Land ⟨bein made⟩ over to me &ca when his Wife is Quallified ⟨so to⟩ do, And we can Agree On the...Hanson
4To George Washington from Alexander Contee Hanson, 9 September 1793 (Washington Papers)
. Hanson was
chancellor of Maryland.
5To George Washington from Alexander Contee Hanson, 2 August 1790 (Washington Papers)
In a 10 Nov. 1790 letter of introduction that Clark apparently presented to GW at Mount Vernon in November 1790, Maryland chancellor Alexander Contee Hanson repeated his opinion that “there is no person in America better qualified for executing the trust, or employment, which he sollicits” (
6Lieutenant Colonels Robert Hanson Harrison and Alexander Hamilton to George Washington, [15 December 1778] (Hamilton Papers)
Report of Lieutenant Colonels, Robert Hanson Harrison & Alexander Hamilton Commissioners &ca. To His Excellency General Washington—
7Colonel William Grayson, Lieutenant Colonels Robert Hanson Harrison and Alexander Hamilton, and Elias Boudinot to George … (Hamilton Papers)
, in writing of Robert Hanson Harrison, George Washington Papers, Library of Congress; copy, Reel 168, Item 152, V, p. 493, Papers of the Continental Congress, National Archives; copy, Reel 187, Item 169, IV, p. 289, Papers...
8To 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....
9Colonel William Grayson, Lieutenant Colonels Robert Hanson Harrison and Alexander Hamilton, and Elias Boudinot to George … (Hamilton Papers)
, in writing of Robert Hanson Harrison, George Washington Papers, Library of Congress; copy, Reel 168, Item 152, V, p. 497, Papers of the Continental Congress, National Archives; copy, Reel 187, Item 169, p. 293, Papers of the...
10To George Washington from Thomas Hanson Marshall, 12 March 1770 (Washington Papers)
...between us, Relative to the Land; Nor never denyed any Part to my knowledg. The End that a cash Price was agreed to (as I took it) was upon its being mentioned there was a Possibillity of Mr Alexander’s never haveing it in his Power to Convey the Land in Maryland, I then said, should that be the case, I would then Receive of a Certain Price in Cash per Acer for them slipes; this was...Alexander
11To George Washington from Thomas Hanson Marshall, 8 March 1770 (Washington Papers)
..., for the same Quantity of Land (off Mr Alexanders) to be Laid off Sutable to my Plantation in Maryland, Provided I could have the same in Immediate Use, which was then Agreed to, Provided Mr Alexander could so Dispose the same; At Poseys sale You mentioned to me, you should be Glad to have that Matter setled Before you Went down the Cuntry, as you wanted (If the Exchange could be now...
12To 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...
13To George Washington from Samuel Hanson, 10 March 1792 (Washington Papers)
Hanson’s letter to Alexander Hamilton, which must have been written before 18 Jan. 1792, has not been identified (see Hamilton to Charles Lee, 18 Jan., n.3, in Hanson had written GW on 14 Oct. 1791 about Charles Lee’s excessive absences from his post as collector of the port of Alexandria. The enclosed copy of Lee’s letter to Hanson of 9 Jan. 1792 reads: “Having revised the Laws of Congress...
14To George Washington from Samuel Hanson (of Samuel), 14 October 1791 (Washington Papers)
Samuel Hanson of Samuel (c.1752–1830) was surveyor for the port of Alexandria, Va., under collector Charles Lee. The unique form of his name served to distinguish him from two other Samuel Hanson, Jrs., who contemporaneously came of age with him in Charles County, Maryland. GW nominated Hanson excise inspector for Alexandria on 6 Mar. 1792 (Hanson is quoting from sec. 7 of “An Act to provide...
15To George Washington from Thomas Hanson Marshall, 17 September 1770 (Washington Papers)
For the proposed exchange of Robert Alexander’s land in Maryland for Marshall’s land on Mount Vernon neck, see
16To George Washington from Lieutenant Colonel Robert Hanson Harrison, 28 November 1780 (Washington Papers)
Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Schuyler, 5 Oct.Harrison refers to Maj. Gen. Alexander Leslie’s expedition (see
17To 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).
18To George Washington from Lieutenant Colonel Robert Hanson Harrison, 26 February 1781 (Washington Papers)
, 45:349; see also Harrison to Alexander Hamilton, 26 March 1781, in
19To 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...
20To George Washington from Colonel Alexander Martin, 7 November 1777 (Washington Papers)
93, Revolutionary War Records, North Carolina.
Beneath Martin’s letter GW’s secretary Robert Hanson Harrison summarized the promotions of four field officers of the North Carolina line.
21To George Washington from Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Hamilton, 17 March 1780 (Washington Papers)
: Alexander Hamilton Papers. The date on the Robert Hanson Harrison to GW, 18 April
22To George Washington from David Stuart, 5 November 1792 (Washington Papers)
The conversation happened at dinner at Marlborough, in the presence of many and I have heard it spoke of by many since, and with but little variation—Mr Samuel Hanson among others, informed me as I passed through Alexa., that his Brother Coll Thomas Hanson, who heard Coll Mercer, at the same time with Mr Bayly, had given him the same idea of Coll Hamilton’s having offered Coll Mercer a bribe,...
23To 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...
24XI. To George Washington from Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Hamilton, 22 November 1780 (Washington Papers)
Robert Hanson Harrison never returned to his duties as GW’s secretary (see n.2 above and
25From Alexander Hamilton to George Washington, [22 November 1780] (Hamilton Papers)
Lieutenant Colonel Robert Hanson Harrison to H, October 27, 1780
26To George Washington from Major General Benedict Arnold, 25 September 1780 (Washington Papers)
Alexander Hamilton to GW, this date (Document III below): William Livingston Papers. GW’s secretary Robert Hanson Harrison wrote “publishing his
27To George Washington from Brigadier General Alexander McDougall, 12 April 1777 (Washington Papers)
is in McDougall’s writing. Robert Hanson Harrison mistakenly docketed the
28To George Washington from John Fitzgerald, 23 October 1793 (Washington Papers)
Samuel Hanson to GW, 22
October...Fitzgerald was collector for the port of Alexandria. Gray wrote GW on this date: “Being informed that Colo. Hanson intends to resign his office as Surveyor of this District, I take the liberty, from my knowledge of the duties of that Department, to offer my self as his Successor, should you think me qualified to execute the...
29To 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...
30To George Washington from George Steptoe Washington, 19 February 1789 (Washington Papers)
...I would not have troubled you with could ⟨they have⟩ been dispensed with; for knowing the embarrassment under which our estates labour at present upon account of that debt which it owes to Mr Alexander; and that it is intirely by your goodness that we are enabled to remaine in Town; I should think my self very unjustifiable in requesting any thing but what was really necessary. The...
31To George Washington from Christopher Richmond, 7 March 1791 (Washington Papers)
I have for some days past expected Letters of recommendation to Your Excellency, from Colonel Plater Colonel Fitzhugh, Chancellor Hanson, Mr Paca, and others; but as I am informed you will leave this City in a few days; I have taken the liberty of presenting the enclosed without waiting for their arrival....GW on 21 Dec. 1790, by John Eager Howard, who wrote to GW on 15 Mar. 1791, by Alexander...
32To George Washington from Francis Hopkinson, 22 January 1778 (Washington Papers)
The Bearer Captn Alexander late Commander of the Frigate Delaware, is well informed of the Situation of the Shipping at Philadelphia, & is of opinion that with a little Assistance the Enemy might be annoyed greatly in their Trade & Shipping whilst the...For GW’s response to Alexander’s suggestions, see ...Hanson Harrison to Jonas Symonds, 24 February. Other plans to attack British shipping...
33To George Washington from Major General Nathanael Greene, 13 November 1780 (Washington Papers)
Robert Hanson Harrison to GW, 28 Nov. 1780GW’s secretary Robert Hanson Harrison had left Philadelphia in late October on his way to Virginia (see
34To George Washington from William Preston, 7 March 1774 (Washington Papers)
. The surveying expedition led by John Floyd (1750–1783), formerly a schoolteacher in Preston’s family and now an assistant surveyor of Fincastle County, consisted of Floyd, James Douglas, Thomas Hanson, Alexander Spotswood Dandridge, Isaac Hite, James Knox, Roderick McCrea, and Mordecai Batson. Thomas Hanson left a journal of the expedition (see
35To George Washington from General William Howe, 3 April 1778 (Washington Papers)
copies are all dated 2 April. Robert Hanson Harrison docketed the Howe is referring to the series of meetings about prisoner exchanges between GW’s aide Robert Hanson Harrison and Lt. Col. William Walcott of the 5th British Regiment of Foot that took place from February through April 1777.
36To George Washington from William Fitzhugh, 13 October 1776 (Washington Papers)
). The four commissioners appointed were James Lloyd Chamberlaine, Benjamin Rumsey, Thomas Contee, and John Hanson, Jr.Thomas Contee (1729–1811), a Prince George’s County, Md., tobacco trader and planter who resided at Brookefield, his family estate near Nottingham, was an uncle of Alexander Contee Hanson, GW’s assistant secretary at this time. Contee repeatedly served in the Maryland...
37To George Washington from the Commissioners for the Exchange of Prisoners, 15 December 1778 (Washington Papers)
Report of Lieutenant Colonels, Robert Hanson Harrison & Alexander Hamilton Commissioners &ca—To His Excellency General Washington—Copy, in Robert Hanson Harrison’s writing,
38To George Washington from Joseph Clark, 5 December 1790 (Washington Papers)
Alexander Contee Hanson to GW, 2 Aug. 1790, note 1. Carrying letters of introduction from Hanson and Thomas Johnson, Clark visited GW at Mount Vernon sometime between 12 and 21 Nov. 1790 and presented GW with a plan for the Federal City. Clark’s plan has not been found, but from the description provided...
39To George Washington from Lund Washington, 29 September 1775 (Washington Papers)
...Cty a great many of them are taken out of our Company 40 I believe altogether for the Minute Service & Militia, I believe the Captns for the militia are Gilpin, Harrison, Phil: & Gerrard Alexander, Triplett, (Thos) Moody, Dulany, Ed. payne, James Wren, Pollard, Waggoner, Cockburn, John Seale, John Hunter, and one more which I cannot recollect the remains of our Company with several others...
40To George Washington from the Commissioners for Prisoner Exchange, 4 April 1778 (Washington Papers)
, in Alexander Hamilton’s writing, The undated “Articles proposed for settling a Cartel” with notes of the American replies in Alexander Hamilton’s and William Grayson’s writings is in
41To George Washington from Lund Washington, 17 January 1776 (Washington Papers)
GW’s letter to Lund Washington of 25 Dec. 1775 has not been found. Thomas Hanson Marshall (1731–1801), who lived across the Potomac River
GW to Robert Alexander, 20 Mar. 1777
42To George Washington from Major General Nathanael Greene, 2 September 1777 (Washington Papers)
Robert Hanson Harrison wrote Greene at 9:00 ...& West of the Head of Elk, it would be of great Service to have Troops posted in this Quarter, My Brother Zebulon Hollingsworth hath now Several Teams Collected at Capt. Amos Alexander, ready to remove what Stores May remain at the Forge, but as the Enemy have been there in Small parties he Cannot proceed with out troops to Cover his wagons, Mr Jno...
43To George Washington from John Mitchell, 9 August 1780 (Washington Papers)
, in Robert Hanson Harrison’s writing, Alexander Spotswood to GW, 27 June
44To George Washington from Brigadier General Anthony Wayne, 5 November 1779 (Washington Papers)
in the writing of GW’s secretary Robert Hanson Harrison indicates that Wayne’s complaint about salt and rum was transmitted to Jeremiah Wadsworth, commissary general of purchases, on 7 November. Harrison wrote to Wadsworth from West Point on that date: “By direction of His Excellency,...GW to Alexander McDougall, 28 June
45To George Washington from Daniel Delozier, 8 August 1793 (Washington Papers)
). Alexander Contee Hanson, chancellor of Maryland, wrote GW from Annapolis on 13 Aug. that because Delozier “has not the honour of being personally known to you, I take the liberty of informing you, that I have for several years been...
46To George Washington from Thomson Mason, 15 March 1775 (Washington Papers)
singular Act of Kindness, if You will contrive to me on your Return by my Friend Mr Robert Hanson Harrison of Alexandria or Mr Alexander Henderson of Colchester. I sincerely wish You an agreeable Convention, and am Dear Sir with the greatest Respect Your most obedt humble Servant
47To George Washington from Fairfax Independent Company, 25 April 1775 (Washington Papers)
, in Robert Hanson Harrison’s hand, ...“A Size Roll of the Independant Company of Alexandria” containing fifty-six names, largely of prominent Alexandria and Fairfax County citizens. Among those named are Peter Wagener, Jr., Charles Broadwater, Lund Washington, Daniel McCarty, Robert Alexander, and Martin Cockburn.
48To George Washington from Rear Admiral Ternay, 8 August 1780 (Washington Papers)
Translation, in Robert Hanson Harrison’s writing, Alexander McDougall to GW, 17 Nov. 1778
49To George Washington from the Majors of the Pennsylvania Line, 2 August 1780 (Washington Papers)
GW’s secretary Robert Hanson Harrison wrote on the docket: “Verbally answd.” For another address on this subject and for details of a related meeting with GW, see
50To George Washington from John Eager Howard, 23 January 1789 (Washington Papers)
...on 21 Jan. 1789 proclaiming that Joshua Seney, Daniel Carroll, Benjamin Contee, George Gale, William Smith, and Michael Jenifer Stone were elected to the House of Representatives from Maryland. John Rogers, George Plater, William Tilghman, Alexander Contee Hanson, Philip Thomas, Robert Smith, William Richardson,