41To George Washington from the United States House of Representatives, 7 December 1793 (Washington Papers)
The Representatives of the people of the United States, in meeting you for the first time since you have been again called by an unanimous suffrage to your present station, find an occasion which they embrace, with no less sincerity than promptitude, for expressing to you their congratulations on so distinguished a testimony of public approbation; and their entire confidence in the purity &...
42To George Washington from the United States House of Representatives, 10 November 1792 (Washington Papers)
The House of Representatives, who always feel a satisfaction in meeting you, are much concerned that the occasion for mutual felicitation, afforded by the circumstances favorable to the national prosperity, should be abated by a continuance of the hostile spirit of many of the Indian tribes; and particularly, that the reiterated efforts for effecting a general pacification with them, should...
43To George Washington from the United States House of Representatives, 3 March 1794 (Washington Papers)
Resolved, that the President of the United States be requested to cause to be laid before this House, a statement of the gross sum of money, which has been advanced by the United States, in making presents to the Creek and Cherokee Indians, since the treaty made at New York; also, all expences incurred, and sums of money expended in making the said treaty. LB , DLC:GW . The Treaty of New York,...
44To George Washington from the U.S. House of Representatives, 31 December 1795 (Washington Papers)
Resolved, That the President of the United States be requested, to cause this House to be furnished, with an Account of the number of Convictions for Crimes, that have taken place, under the Penal Laws of the United States; specifying the Crime, the date and place of the conviction, and the sentence. LB , DLC:GW . This resolution was introduced by Edward Livingston for the information of the...
45To George Washington from the U.S. House of Representatives, 16 December 1796 (Washington Papers)
The House of Representatives have attended to your communication respecting the state of our Country, with all the sensibility that the contemplation of the subject, and a sense of duty can inspire. We are gratified by the information, that measures calculated to ensure a continuance of the friendship of the Indians, and to maintain the tranquility of the Western frontier, have been adopted;...