1To John Adams from William Jackson, 10 May 1781 (Adams Papers)
Commodore Gillon has applied to me by letter requesting that I would furnish Captain Joyner with bills of exchange on Paris for Twenty thousand Guilders which sum he says is required to pay the ship accounts of the South Carolina frigate, and is necessary to fit her for sea. As this sum appears to be requisite for the purposes mentioned in Commodore Gillon’s letter to me, I have to request...
2To Benjamin Franklin from William Jackson, 29 June 1781 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society, National Archives; transcript: National Archives I have the honor to inform your Excellency that I got to Amsterdam on tuesday morning— It has been thought adviseable to wait a few days that we may sail with a Dutch Squadron of 14 sail destined as a Convoy to the Baltic— The loss of the Ship Marquis de la Fayette, which is confirmed by Lloyd’s list,...
3To Benjamin Franklin from William Jackson: Three Letters, 2 July 1781 (Franklin Papers)
(I) ALS and transcript: National Archives; (II) ALS : American Philosophical Society, National Archives; transcript: National Archives; (III) ALS : American Philosophical Society, National Archives; transcript: National Archives I was yesterday honored with your Excellency’s letter of the 28 ultimo, while at the Texel superintending some matters relating to the Ship—equally concerned for the...
4To Benjamin Franklin from William Jackson, 5 July 1781 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society; copy: Harvard University Library Lest Your Excellency should not have already answered the letters which I did myself the honor to address you on the 2nd. instant—I must beg leave, in addition to the arguments therein enforced, (which I hope have of themselves proved sufficiently urgent) to remark to your Excellency that the detention of the Ship is...
5To John Adams from William Jackson, 12 August 1781 (Adams Papers)
Could I have supposed that Your Excellency would have returned to Amsterdam before the Ship sailed, I should certainly have done myself the honor and agreeable satisfaction of waiting upon you before I left this Country—but this pleasure is denied me—and I am scarce allowed time by Mr. Thaxter’s immediate departure to bid Your Excellency farewell in this abrupt manner —but I lean with...
6William Jackson to John Adams, 26 September 1781 (Adams Papers)
Lest the date of my letter should alarm your Excellency, I am happy in prefacing it with an assurance that your dear little Boy, who is now at my elbow, is perfectly well. Mr. Gillon (to the baseness of whose character no term of reproach is equal) has, after adding insult to injury landed us in Spain. I would enter into the detail of his unparalleled villainies—but the late hour at which I...
7To Benjamin Franklin from William Jackson, 26 September 1781 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society; copies: Massachusetts Historical Society, Columbia University Library I am sorry to inform your Excellency that the event has fully verified your prediction— Mr. Gillon, with a degree of baseness which would sully the blackest character on record, has violated his contract with Colonel Laurens in every instance— the circumstance of his having left Holland...
8William Jackson to John Adams, 26 October 1781 (Adams Papers)
I had the honor to address your Excellency from Corunna on the 26 of last month, in which letter I promised myself the pleasure of writing you more fully in a few days—but an opportunity offering unexpectedly for this place, from whence I propose embarking for America I embraced it. Our passage from Corunna has been uncommonly long owing to a continued contrary wind, which obliged us to make a...
9To John Adams from William Jackson, 12 November 1781 (Adams Papers)
I had the honor to address your Excellency by the last post, in which letter I informed you that we should probably sail the 16. instant—but a sudden fresh in the river, which impedes the ship’s loading, will oblige us to wait for the next spring-tide. By a Vessel belonging to Mr. Tracy which arrived here yesterday in four weeks from America we have received very important intelligence. Mr....
10To Benjamin Franklin from William Jackson, 12 November 1781 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society I did myself the honor to address your Excellency from Corunna in which letters I gave you a detail of Mr. Gillon’s baseness: farther particulars I will do myself the pleasure to transmit you by the next post, and enclose you copy of a letter which I wrote to his Excellency Mr. Jay on that subject. By a Vessel which arrived here yesterday we have received...
11William Jackson to John Adams, 30 November 1781 (Adams Papers)
The last post brought me your Excellency’s letter of the 14. I hope Doctor Franklin will be fully in sentiment with you respecting the disposition of the Continental property, and I am happy in anticipating the pleasing close, which may still attend this hitherto unfortunate business. Previous to the receipt of your last letter I had drawn upon Messrs. de Neufville & Son for a sum of money to...
12To George Washington from William Jackson, 13 June 1782 (Washington Papers)
In the absence of the Secretary at War I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of Your Excellency’s letters of the 4th, 5th and 9th instant— & the muster returns. The Clothier General informs me that he has about three thousand frocks ready and would be able to complete the whole in three weeks were he furnished with money to pay the Workmen. I have represented to Mr Morris your...
13To George Washington from William Jackson, 15 June 1782 (Washington Papers)
In reply to your Excellency’s letter of the 10th instant I have the honor to inform you that in pursuance of the postscript to yours of the 4th directing the letter for General Hazen to be detained some days, it has not been forwarded, and will remain at the War Office until your Excellency shall order it to be sent on. I have the honor to be, with profound respect, Your Excellency’s most...
14To George Washington from William Jackson, 18 June 1782 (Washington Papers)
Doctor Cleland Surgeon to the 33rd British regiment has obtained General Weedon’s permission to pass by land to Your Excellency’s Head Quarters with Mrs Cleland two servants, a carriage, and four horses—His presence it seems is no longer necessary with the British prisoners, as the Hospital to which he belonged has been broke up. I have intimated to him that I do not suppose he will be...
15To George Washington from William Jackson, 19 June 1782 (Washington Papers)
I do myself the honor to transmit Your Excellency a resolve of Congress respecting the Flags to be furnished by the British Commander in Chief for conveying such of the exiled Citizens of Carolina as wish to return, and lists of the families who are to be the subjects of this resolve, with the ports they wish to go to. I have the honor to be, with profound respect, Your Excellency’s most...
16To George Washington from William Jackson, 2 August 1782 (Washington Papers)
In General Lincoln’s absence I do myself the honor to transmit Your Excellency an establishment adopted by Congress for the Adjutant General’s department. I have the honor to be, with profound respect, Your Excellency’s most obedient, humble servant DLC : Papers of George Washington.
17To George Washington from William Jackson, 30 October 1782 (Washington Papers)
In obedience to the order of Congress I do myself the honor to transmit Your Excellency the enclosed papers. I am, with profound respect, Your Excellency’s most obedient, humble servant DLC : Papers of George Washington. Translation Note Philadelphia October 28. 1782 The under written Minister plenipotentiary of his most christian Majesty has had too many convincing proofs of the sentiments of...
18To George Washington from William Jackson, 18 December 1782 (Washington Papers)
I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your Excellency’s letter of the 11th instant, addressed to the Secretary at War—The Muster rolls for the month of October are received—and the several letters, brought by the Express, have been delivered. General Lincoln purposed waiting on the Commissioners as he passed through Trenton on his way to Head Quarters—his conversation with those...
19To George Washington from William Jackson, 23 December 1782 (Washington Papers)
I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of Your Excellency’s letters of the 16th and 18th instant addressed to the Secretary at War—their enclosures will be attended to, and transmitted. an eligible opportunity offers for South-Carolina tomorrow, by which your letter for General Greene will be forwarded. The Amazon flag vessel is arrived at Wilmington, from whence the supplies for the...
20To George Washington from William Jackson, 28 December 1782 (Washington Papers)
I do myself the honor to transmit Your Excellency some late resolves of Congress. If the Ordinance which empowers the Inspector Genl, the Adjutt Genl, Qr Master Genl, Director of the Hospitals, and—Commissary of prisoners to frank letters, is published in General orders the necessity of transmitting seperate copies to those Officers will be obviated—I beg leave therefore to request that Your...
21To George Washington from William Jackson, 6 January 1783 (Washington Papers)
I had the honor to address Your Excellency on the 28th ultimo. I beg leave to inform you that the territory in dispute between Pennsylvania and Connecticut has been decreed by the Judges to Pennsylvania—and the decree is placed among the records of Congress. The enclosed copy of a letter from the Clothier General specifies the state of the clothing destined for the Northern Army—every possible...
22To George Washington from William Jackson, 8 January 1783 (Washington Papers)
I do myself the honor to transmit to Your Excellency a resolve of Congress which promotes the Colonels Greaton, Putnam, and Dayton to the rank of Brigadiers—and I beg leave to request Your Excellency’s care of their commissions, which are enclosed. I have the honor to be, with the most perfect respect and esteem Your Excellency’s obedient, humble servant DLC : Papers of George Washington.
23To George Washington from William Jackson, 15 January 1783 (Washington Papers)
I am honored with your Excellency’s letters of the 3rd and 8 instant—The Post did not arrive until this morning. I shall address Congress on the subject of additional subsistence money to be allowed the Officers of the Cavalry in consideration of their keeping more servants without arms than those of the Infantry—until their decision is had, which I am persuaded will be conformable to the...
24To George Washington from William Jackson, 22 January 1783 (Washington Papers)
I have been honored with Your Excellency’s letter of the 12th instant. The Clothier informs me that twenty two thousand shirts have been sent on to camp—I find by the return of the main-army for the last month that there will be a deficiency of about fifteen hundred shirts to complete the Issue which Your Excellency proposes should be made. I have reported this deficiency to Mr Morris—and the...
25To George Washington from William Jackson, 27 January 1783 (Washington Papers)
I do myself the honor to transmit to Your Excellency the resolves of Congress which have been consequent on the memorial presented by the Deputation from the Army. A Ship from Brest has been stranded in an inlet to the southward of the Delaware—One hundred and nineteen bales containing seven thousand blankets on public account, will be saved—Waggons will be sent from this City tomorrow to...
26To George Washington from William Jackson, 5 February 1783 (Washington Papers)
I am honoured with the receipt of Your Excellency’s letter of the 29th Ultimo enclosing one for General Greene, and another for Colonel Humpton—the latter is delivered—and the former will be forwarded by the first conveyance. I have the honor to be, with profound respect, Your Excellency’s most obedient servant DLC : Papers of George Washington.
27To George Washington from William Jackson, 12 February 1783 (Washington Papers)
I have been honored with the receipt of Your Excellency’s letter of the 5th instant. The Officers who have been arranged to the first Pennsylvania regiment are ordered to repair to Charlestown in consequence of your intention to continue that corps in the southern Department. As the Powers vested by Congress in the Secretary at War do not comprehend the business of Exchange—I beg leave to...
28To George Washington from William Jackson, 19 February 1783 (Washington Papers)
I do myself the honor to transmit to Your Excellency copies of the several contracts which have been made for the current year. I am, with the most perfect esteem and respect, Your Excellency’s obedient, humble servant DLC : Papers of George Washington.
29To George Washington from William Jackson, 26 February 1783 (Washington Papers)
I do myself the honor to enclose to your Excellency a late resolve of Congress. The Clothier informs me that he has written to you on the subject of the blankets which have lately arrived. I have the honor to be, with the most perfect esteem and respect Your Excellency’s obedient servant DLC : Papers of George Washington.
30To George Washington from William Jackson, 3 June 1783 (Washington Papers)
I do myself the honor to transmit to Your Excellency a late resolve of Congress. I am, with the most respectful attachment, Your Excellency’s obedient, humble servant DLC : Papers of George Washington.
31To George Washington from William Jackson, 5 July 1783 (Washington Papers)
In the absence of General Lincoln I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your Excellency’s letter of the 2nd instant—The memorial from the Surgeons mates will be laid before Congress on monday—Orders have been given for the release of the british prisoners at Rutland—They shall be immediately repeated. On the information of Baron Steuben, that the resolve of Congress of the 12th of May...
32To George Washington from William Jackson, 18 July 1783 (Washington Papers)
I have the honor to enclose to your Excellency a late resolve of Congress. I am, with the most respectful attachment, Your obedient, humble, Servant DLC : Papers of George Washington.
33To George Washington from William Jackson, 30 October 1783 (Washington Papers)
I beg leave to inform your Excellency that I purpose embarking for Europe on board the Packet, which will sail in the beginning of next week. Should my presence in France or England capacitate a service for your Excellency, I shall hope the honor of being charged with your commands. My best attention to whatever you may be pleased to request will mark, I hope, in some degree, the warm...
34To George Washington from William Jackson, 7 November 1783 (Washington Papers)
I am honored, my dear General, with your very flattering, and highly esteemed letter, enclosing one for the Marquis de la Fayette, and another for Doctor Franklin. Words will not do justice to my sense of the favor, which your goodness has conferred—An earnest endeavor to merit the opinion you have been pleased to express—and the grateful sentiments of an obliged mind are the best returns and...
35To Benjamin Franklin from William Jackson, 3 December 1783 (Franklin Papers)
AL : American Philosophical Society Major Jackson begs leave to present his most respectful compliments to Doctor Franklin— He regrets that particular business obliges him to debark in England, as it will delay the happiness which he hopes to enjoy in the honor of renewing his acquaintance with his Excellency. Major Jackson presents himself with respect and affection to Mr. W. T. Franklin. Mr....
36To George Washington from William Jackson, 19 July 1785 (Washington Papers)
I am directed by the Pennsylvania State Society of the Cincinnati to inform you, that the diplomas which were signed by you, and intended for our State Society, were lost in the transmission from Mount Vernon to Baltimore—and I am likewise directed to request that you would be pleased to point out such mode, as may be most acceptable to yourself, to obtain the recovery of them. It would seem...
37To George Washington from William Jackson, 24 October 1785 (Washington Papers)
In obedience to an order of the Pennsylvania State Society of the Cincinnati, I do myself the honor to transmit Two hundred and fifty diplomas for your Excellency’s signature. Availing ourselves of General Knox’s presence in Philadelphia—we presumed to request that he would countersign the diplomas before they were sent to you—and, in order to secure the safe transmission of them, Captain...
38To George Washington from William Jackson, 20 August 1786 (Washington Papers)
It was not till last evening I discovered that a packet, which I had done myself the honor to address to you by a private conveyance, had been forgotten by the person to whom it was entrusted. To prevent a similar accident, and to avoid any farther delay, I take the liberty to forward the enclosed pamphlets (which are transmitted at the request of our State Society) by post. Unable to decline,...
39To George Washington from Thomas McKean, William Jackson, and Francis Mentges, 6 March 1787 (Washington Papers)
In obedience to a resolve of the Standing-Committee of the Pennsylvania Society of the Cincinnati, we do ourselves the honor to inform your Excellency that your circular letter of the 31st of October last, addressed to the President of our State-Society, was laid before the Committee at their last meeting. They desire to communicate their respectful thanks for the early information which you...
40To George Washington from William Jackson, 20 April 1787 (Washington Papers)
Flattered by the opinions of some of my friends, who have expressed a wish that I would offer myself a Candidate for the Office of Secretary to the fœderal Convention—I presume to communicate to you my intention—and to request (so far as you shall deem it consonant with the more important interests of the Public) your influence in procuring me the honor of that appointment. To say more on this...
41To George Washington from William Jackson, 17 September 1787 (Washington Papers)
Major Jackson presents his most respectful compliments to General Washington—He begs leave to request his signature to forty Diplomas intended for the Rhode Island Society of the Cincinnati. Major Jackson, after burning all the loose scraps of paper which belong to the Convention, will this evening wait upon the General with the Journals and other papers which their vote directs to be...
42To George Washington from William Jackson, 19 April 1789 (Washington Papers)
Amidst the important cares which engage his attention, will my dear General permit the respectful intrusion of a private request on his goodness? it is the result of an implicit confidence in that goodness, dictated by necessity and declared with candor. Having resolved to refer my wishes entirely to the graciousness of Your Excellency’s disposition towards me, and to the knowledge which...
43To George Washington from William Jackson, 31 August 1789 (Washington Papers)
On an intimation received this morning from my much respected friend General Lincoln, I presume to address Your Excellency—and to renew the wish which I had the honor to communicate to you at Philadelphia. Should I be so happy as to receive your commands—it will be my best pride and most earnest endeavor long to merit the permission of assuring Your Excellency that I am, with the most...
44William Jackson to Clement Biddle, 7 December 1789 (Washington Papers)
The letter for Mr Holker, which encloses one for the Person, applying to be Steward of the Household, is, by the Presidents desire, committed to your care for conveyance. Be so good as to give it an early transmission. I shall take the liberty to write to you on my own account within a few days. The President and Mrs Washington are in perfect good health. I am, very respectfully, Dear Sir,...
45William Jackson to ——, 9 December 1789 (Washington Papers)
The President of the United States having occasion for Mitchell’s map, which hangs in one of the offices of Congress, and is supposed to be in your care, requests that you will be so good as to send it by the Servant, who delivers this note. I am Sir, Your obedient Servant ALS , DNA : RG 59, Miscellaneous Letters. This letter is unaddressed, but may have been directed to Roger Alden, former...
46William Jackson to George Turner, 23 December 1789 (Washington Papers)
The communication which I now make to you though painful, is friendly, and has no other object ⟨ mutilated ⟩ your interest. I suggested to you, when in Philadelphia that your delay, in repairing to the western-terri⟨tory⟩ would as certainly excite the President’s displeasure as I was convinced it would his disappointment. Accustomed to punctuality himself, he expects to see it in...
47William Jackson to John Jay, 4 January 1790 (Washington Papers)
The letter, which accompanies this, addressed to the Vice-President of the United States by Judge Sewall, with its enclosure, having been submitted to the President of the United States, he directs me to transmit them to you, as the objects to which they refer are immediately within the department of the supreme Judiciary, and will, in the first instance, come most properly before you. The...
48William Jackson to Clement Biddle, 2 May 1790 (Washington Papers)
On Sunday, 9 May 1790, GW recorded in his diary that he was “Indisposed with a bad cold, and at home all day writing letters on private business.” His condition worsened overnight, and the next day he was confined to bed, apparently suffering from a bad case of influenza that developed into pneumonia. GW described the illness as “a severe attack of the peripneumony kind.” James Madison, who...
49To Alexander Hamilton from William Jackson, [7–10 May 1790] (Hamilton Papers)
The President of the United states authorises the Secretary of the Treasury to engage Edward Carrington Esquire to visit Cape Henry and to make a selection of the spot for the purpose of the Cession within mentioned (with permission to take with him one or two seafaring persons) & to make the parties a resonable allowance for expence and trouble, out of the Monies appropriated towards erecting...
50To George Washington from William Jackson, 31 July 1790 (Washington Papers)
The subject of this address affects me too sensibly, in different relations, to admit of a personal explanation of my feelings—delicacy, duty, and the most respectful veneration towards you, Sir—propriety, personal wishes, involving the dearest affections of my heart, as it respects myself, all conspire, on this occasion, to agitate me in a manner, which precludes the possibility of explaining...