1To George Washington from Warner Lewis, 9 August 1755 (Washington Papers)
I am just come from Wmsburgh where your Friends are extreamly impatient to see you, and our Speaker among them, as every one of my acquaintance profess a fondness for your having the command of the men now to be raised, thought proper to send a man to you to acquaint you of it. Shou’d you incline to proceed on this expedition, ’twou’d give a general satisfaction to our Country, and shou’d be...
2To George Washington from Warner Lewis, 5 May 1758 (Washington Papers)
The Bearer Mr Charles Tomkies an officer in Colo. Byrds Regiment will deliver you this, and shall be obliged to you for any thing wherein you can be serviceable to him, not dobting your readiness to oblige me in a thing of this sort, I have taken upon me to recommend him to you as a Gentleman of worth & particular friend of mine. I heartily wish you success, & may all happiness attend you. I...
3To George Washington from Warner Lewis, 6 May 1758 (Washington Papers)
Lieutenant Thruston of Colo. Byrds regimt will deliver you this, & I begg leave to recommend him to you for your kind advice, notice, & assistance, & shou’d any thing happen in the course of this undertaking, wherein a friend may be requisite, I hope (upon my account,) You will think of Mr Thruston, & do him all the good services in your power, as it will be doing me a singuler favour. Mr Edwd...
4To George Washington from Warner Lewis, 1 March 1789 (Washington Papers)
Your favor of the 19th of December last did not get to my hands till yesterday: the inclosed letter will explain the occasion of the delay. I am very much concerned that this should have happened, as it has hitherto deprived me of the power of complying with your request. I will immediately see the land you mention, which is at no great distance from hence; and, after having viewed it, will...
5To George Washington from Warner Lewis, 11 March 1789 (Washington Papers)
It gave me very great concern that your favor of the 19’th of December last should not have gotten to me till the latter end of February. The illness of poor General Nelson at the time of his receiving it, occasioned it to be mislaid, and for a time forgotten. I did myself the pleasure of writing to you, about ten days ago, to explain the cause of your request not being complied with; since...
6To George Washington from Warner Lewis, 9 May 1789 (Washington Papers)
As it does not appear to me to be certain that you have received a letter which I wrote you by the stage on the 11’th of March last, I now take the liberty of inclosing you a copy of it: and, that I may not again be troublesome to you on the same subject, I will request a line from you, by post, informing me of your being made acquainted with my having attended to your directions. With very...
7To George Washington from Warner Lewis, 26 October 1789 (Washington Papers)
Virginia, Warner Hall, Dear Sir, October 26’th, 1789. Engaged as you have been for some months past, I apprehended it would be intrusion for me to trouble you with a letter. With a hope that in the recess of Congress you have somewhat more leisure allowed you, I now take the liberty of replying to your favor of May last. You put a question the most proper that could be imagined to obtain the...
8To Thomas Jefferson from Warner Lewis, 4 August 1790 (Jefferson Papers)
Warner Hall, Virginia, 4 Aug. 1790 . A rumor prevails in Virginia that Congress intends “immediately to fit out a certain [nu]mber of Cutters … to be employed in preventing as far as it is possible the practice of smuggling. Cap’t Francis Bright, who commanded an armed vessel, some years ago, in the little navy of this State, and who through the whole course of my acquaintance with him in that...