1To George Washington from Thomas Hutchins, 20 December 1781 (Washington Papers)
I have been sufficiently informed of the temporary Difficulties which our Finances labour under to defer an Application for Pay as long as I could; and I would not trouble your Excellency at this Time, if my Necessities were less urgent. The great Losses which attended my Escape from England, reduced me to Want on my Return to my native Country; and I can no longer depend on the Loans of...
2To George Washington from Thomas Hutchins, 14 January 1782 (Washington Papers)
I have the honor to acquaint your Excellency that agreeable to your advice, I presented the Minister of War with my Account, and a few days ago requested him to inform me when I might expect to be equiped to set out for the Southward. He answered it could not be done sooner than five of Six Months, and perhaps not then. This being the case, I humbly pray, rather than remain idle, that your...
3To Thomas Jefferson from Thomas Hutchins, 11 February 1784 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favor of the 24th of last month I was honored with the 9th instant. I embrace the first opportunity of tendering you my thanks for your friendly communication respecting the error you discovered in my Pamphlet . How to account for so egregious a blunder in calculation, I am really at a loss, as a moments reflection on the subject would have set me right. Should any other mistake appear to...
4To George Washington from Thomas Hutchins, 8 November 1786 (Washington Papers)
Your Excellency’s Favour of the 20th of August (accompanied by the Marquis de la Fayette’s Letter, and a specimen of a Vocabulary) I was honoured with on the 23rd of October at my Camp west of Ohio River about ten Miles up a Rivulet called Indian Weeling. My not having earlier made this acknowledgement is to be attributed to my secluded situation in the Wilderness untill the date of this...