11To Thomas Jefferson from Alexander Martin, 24 August 1792 (Jefferson Papers)
I have had the honor of receiving your letter of the 6th. of June last enclosing a copy of a letter from Governor Blount notifying you of certain grants being obtained from the State of North Carolina for lands in the ceded territory south of French Broad river, on supernumerary warrants from Armstrong’s office. One of the conditions of the Act of Cession hath authorized “any person or...
12To Thomas Jefferson from Alexander Martin, 4 October 1792 (Jefferson Papers)
In my last I did myself the honor to write you an answer to your letter respecting supernumerary warrants from entries made in Armstrong’s Office on lands lying south of French Broad river, between the waters of Tenassee and Pigeon rivers; I had not attended immediately (having the Cession Act then before me) to the Act of Assembly for opening the Land Office in the western Country, in which...
13To George Washington from Alexander Martin, 4 February 1798 (Washington Papers)
I beg you to permit the enclosed little dramatic piece to wait on you in your present Retirement, it was written by me this Session of Congress partly for Amusement, and partly with a view by bringing forward in this Manner the most prominent Characters in our late Revolution, to reconcile in some Measure if possible the present jarring political Sentiments that unfortunately distract our...
14To James Madison from Alexander Martin, 27 January 1802 (Madison Papers)
I rec’d your’s of the 19th proferring to my Gazette the publication of the Laws of the U. States, on the terms specified. I assure you, Sir, I feel highly grateful for the compliment and readily accept the terms. I am Sir, very respectfully Your Most Obt Sert RC ( DNA : RG 59, Miscellaneous Letters Received Regarding Publishers of the Laws). This is the first reply of record to JM’s circular...