1To George Washington from Col. William Grayson, 26 January 1777 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from Col. William Grayson, 26 Jan. 1777. On 1 April 1777 Grayson wrote to GW : “I also put a letter in the Post office here, dated the 26th of January, acquainting you among things, that I had clos’d with Major Ross and had not spoke to Majr Frazer on the subject.”
2Promissory Note from William Grayson, 1 October 1789 (Hamilton Papers)
Thirty days after date I promise to pay to Alexander Hamilton Esqr. or order the sum of two hundred dollars specie value recieved. ADS , Hamilton Papers, Library of Congress. Grayson, a prominent Antifederalist and United States Senator from Virginia, died in March, 1790.
3To George Washington from Col. William Grayson, 13 March 1777 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from Col. William Grayson, 13 Mar. 1777. In his letter to GW of 1 April , Grayson says that “I also wrote the 13th of March from Winchester by General Muhlenburgh, inclosing a list of the officers, whom we had appointed.”
4To George Washington from William Grayson, 22 June 1781 (Washington Papers)
The Board have the Honor of transmitting you a Copy of a Letter from Genl Greene, respecting the necessity of a Resolution of Congress, declaring that all Prisoners of War who engage in the Enemy’s Service, from whatever pretence shall be treated as Deserters on which they request you to favor them with your Sentiments. The Board are unhappy to inform you, that nothing is yet done in...
5To George Washington from William Grayson, 27 May 1785 (Washington Papers)
The Ordinance for the disposal of the Western territory was pass’d three days ago, & I take the earliest oppertunity of inclosing you a copy. I have the honor to be with the highest respect yr Affect. fd & Most Obd. Sert ALS , DLC:GW . The Land Ordinance of 1785 for dividing the Northwest Territory into townships to be divided into lots of 640 acres for sale was passed on 20 May ( JCC,...
6To George Washington from Colonel William Grayson, 28 July 1777 (Washington Papers)
Having been in the Country on Post days, & nothing of any consequence occurring, I have not wrote since the first of the Month. I shall be able to leave this in two or three days, to join that part of the regiment which is gone forward. I shall leave Lt Col. Powell here, to superintend the recruiting the remainder of the regiment. There will be about thirty more recruits ready to march soon...
7To George Washington from William Grayson, 13 May 1781 (Washington Papers)
The Board do themselves the honor to inclose your Excellency, the copies of letters this day received from the Governor of Virginia and the Marquis la fayette. General Wayne’s march (from the situation of the public finances) has been hitherto unfortunately delayed; The Board however have wrote to him to-day to press his departure in the strongest manner; and they hope that his difficulties...
8To George Washington from Colonel William Grayson, 1 July 1777 (Washington Papers)
All the recruits of our regimt that have not yet gone forward are on the point of marching except a few sick & some stragglers which it has not been in my power to collect. I expect that when those now about going joins the others, they will amount in the whole to 250. The officers who have not yet made up their quotas I shall leave behind, though I have very little prospect of their...
9To George Washington from William Grayson, 25 July 1785 (Washington Papers)
The inclosed letters were handed to me the other day by young Mr Adams, son of Mr John Adams, who has arrived in the last packett, and no private opportunity offering, I do myself the honor of transmitting them by Post. Congress are informed by a letter from Mr Adams, that he has been introduced to the King of G.B. in due form, and recieved, as a public Minister from the U.S. of America. They...
10To Thomas Jefferson from William Grayson, 25 May 1781 [document added in digital edition] (Jefferson Papers)
The Board have the Honor of acknowledging the Receipt of your Letter of the 23d of April; This, with Colo. Woods Letter on the same subject was referred to the Consideration of Congress, who came to the Resolution of which the enclosed is a Copy; The Board have since determined to remove the non Commissioned Officers & Soldiers of the Convention Troops, as soon as possible, to Rutland in...