1To John Adams from Richard Varick, 28 January 1800 (Adams Papers)
I am requested by the Common Council of this City to inclose to You and to solicit your Acceptance of the two Copies hereunto sent of an Oration on the Death of General Washington delivered in this City on the 31st Ulto, at their request, by Mr. Gonverneur Morris. I have the Honor to be with very Great / Respect and Consideration / Sir / Your most Obedt. Servt. MHi : Adams Papers.
2To John Adams from Richard Varick, 21 July 1790 (Adams Papers)
The Corporation of this City have applied to the President of the United States to permit Col o. John Trumbull take his Portrait to be placed in the City Hall, to which the President has consented & M r. Trumbull has suggested to me that as the Portrait will be large the Room in the Hall in which those of the King and Queen of France are placed will be most eligible to perform the Painting in...
I wrote You on the 22nd & 23rd. I now set myself down to trouble You once More. As neither Cols. Meades or Harrison’s Depositions may ever reach me & if they do, As they will contain no Information respecting the Papers taken in Andre’s Hand I am to beg you, to be so Obliging, as to send me Your Deposition, by the first Conveyance; Of what my Conduct was, or appeared to be to You, from the...
[ Robinson’s House , Highlands, New York, October 22, 1780. On October 24, 1780, Varick wrote to Hamilton : “I wrote You on the 22nd.” Letter not found. ] Varick, a native of Hackensack, New Jersey, was admitted to the bar in New York City in 1774. On June 28, 1775, he enlisted as a captain in the New York Regiment and in June, 1776, became a military secretary to General Philip Schuyler, H’s...
5Certificate of the Freedom of the City of New York, [16 March 1795] (Hamilton Papers)
City of New York } ss: The Mayor and Aldermen of the City of New York To all to whom these presents shall come, send greeting Whereas “the Mayor, Aldermen and Commonality of the City of New York” did resolve “that as a testimony of the high sense they entertain of the public Services of Alexander Hamilton; especially in the administration of the Office of Secretary of the Treasury of the...
6To Alexander Hamilton from Richard Varick, 30 April 1795 (Hamilton Papers)
I have the pleasure of inclosing to You a Certificate from the Mayor & Aldermen of this admitting You to the Freedom of this City, as their Testimonial & that of the Corporation of this City of their Opinion of your Merit & distinguished Services in the Cause of your Country. This Testimonial has remained in my Hands some Weeks to be forwarded by the Patroon, but he left us unexpectedly....
[ Robinson’s House, Highlands, New York, October 24, 1780. “… I am to beg you, to be so obliging, as to send me your deposition, by the first conveyance, of what my conduct was, or appeared to be to you, from the morning of the 25th after you arrived here ’till that of the 28th Sept., when you left us. Whether any part of my conduct or language betrayed any privity of Arnold’s rascally designs...
[ Robinson’s House, Highlands, New York, October 23, 1780. On October 24, 1780, Varick wrote to Hamilton: “I wrote You on the … 23rd.” Letter not found. ] Printed in this volume.
9To Alexander Hamilton from Richard Varick, 29 June 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
I beg leave to introduce to You the Bearer Doctor William McIntosh who has been regularly bred a Physician & has had Charge of our City Alms House for some Years. His Character is fair & Conduct not only unexceptionable but Meritorious. He wishes to be appointed a Surgeons Mate to one of the Regiments of the United States. I have no Doubt that if he shall obtain Your Countenanc e & procure an...
10To Alexander Hamilton from Richard Varick, 25 February 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
[ New York, February 25, 1799. On February 26, 1799, Hamilton wrote to Varick : “I last night received your letter dated Yesterday.” Letter not found. ]
11Enclosure: Lieutenant Colonel Richard Varick to Major General William Heath, 24 October 1780 (Hamilton Papers)
I think it my Duty as a Man of Candour & Generosity, to inform You, that for your Information in our Interview of yesterday, I had every reason to convince Me, That Mr. Tripp’s Information, so distressing to Me, & in which my warm & pointed letter of the 21st. to You, was founded; was communicated to me in a very disingenuous Manner & Air & that he mentioned to Me more, than was contained in...
In Obedience to the Direction of the Board of Managers of the American Bible Society, We have the Honor to inclose You a Copy of their Proceedings relative to your late Resignation of the Office of President of the Society. We are deeply sensible of the serious Injury the Society will inevitably sustain from the Want of your illustrious Name to patronize its important Concerns; We cannot...
13To John Jay from Richard Varick, 27 March 1826 (Jay Papers)
On the 22 nd . Instant I was honored by the Receipt of your Letter of the 18 th . Ins t ., addressed to me as “Vice Presid t of the American Bible Society;” and upon perusing it I felt very great Concern to find it contained a Request that I would announce to the Managers your Resignation of the important Station of its endeared Head. This unwished for Communication and Request I know to be so...
14To John Jay from Richard Varick, 2 March 1801 (Jay Papers)
I had the Honor of receiving your Excellency’s favor of the 21 st . Feby. on the 27 th . At the first Meeting of the Common Council I will communicate to them the Subject of that Letter & without Delay inform Your Excellency of the Result: By the British Packet in 35 Days Passage We have News till after the Middle of January, from which it appears that the Austrians have been so much wasted as...
15To John Jay from Richard Varick, 13 July 1801 (Jay Papers)
I have the Honor to inform You That the Common Council of this City have this day Resolved that You be requested to permit Your Portrait to be taken and placed in the City Hall as a public Testimonial of their great personal Respect and high Regard for Your distinguished Patriotism and eminent public Services. They have done me the Honor of being the Organ of this, to me, pleasing...
16To John Jay from Richard Varick, 15 November 1800 (Jay Papers)
I have the Honor to inclose to Your Excellency a Report of the Convictions at the late special Sessions for this City which ended Yesterday.— I have said Nothing ab t . the Proofs as they were full. In all the Other Cases the Jury acquitted & carried their Lenity too far on this sense & in Reducing to petit Larceny some Cases of Grand Larceny. It was certainly erring on the Humane side. I wish...
17To John Jay from Richard Varick, 10 January 1798 (Jay Papers)
I have the Honor of once more troubling Your Excellency & perhaps calling a Moments Attention from more important public Concerns, to inform You of a Measure proposed to the Common Council of this City this Day by the Recorder & myself & by them unanimously adopted, to wit, We have discovered by Experience that the public Business of the Sessions could not be dispatched in four Terms only of 7...
18To John Jay from Richard Varick, 24 September 1798 (Jay Papers)
On Saturday Evening last (by post) I had the honor of receiving your Excellency’s favor of the 17 th .— It is true that the Attorney General was in Custody in his own House at the suit of Brockholst Livingston, who while in Town promised to forbear & when gone the Ca. Sa was issued.— The Business was adjusted last Monday & the Attorney General set off Express to Delaware Oyer & Terminer. An...
19Alexander Hamilton, John Laurance, Morgan Lewis, and Richard Varick to Thomas Mifflin, [10 December 1783] (Hamilton Papers)
Being concerned as Council for a number of persons, who, since the annunciation of the provisional treaty have been indicted under the confiscation laws of this state for the part they are supposed to have taken in the late war, we are induced at the desire of our clients and in their behalf, to apply to Congress through your Excellency for an exemplification of the definitive treaty. We take...
20From Richard Varick to Jonathan Trumbull, Jr., 18 December 1781 (Washington Papers)
The late Hour of the Night and the Necessity of my rising at the Dawn of Day to to proceed with Colo. Udny Hay to Fish Kill must be my Apology for this short Scroll I can now afford you in Answer to your Favor of the 10th of Oct. continued to the 12th for which I render You many Thanks. Some other Evening will soon be devoted to the Discharge of that Debt of Friendship. I have only to regret...
21From Richard Varick to Jonathan Trumbull, Jr., 21 August 1781 (Washington Papers)
Agreeable to His Excellency’s Commands I have copied & added some Things to his Instructions to Me, to be compleated together with my Appointment & returned to Me. I accepted on the 25th May, as per my Letter & signed the 7th June. The Terms the Genl proposed were to be on an equal footing with Yourself with Respect to pay & subsistence Money. I wish this to specified, as also that the Pay to...
22Enclosure: Richard Varick to Joseph Ward, 5 July 1777 (Adams Papers)
I have the pleasure of Acknowledging the Receipt of your Favor of the 8th Ultimo Which was deliver’d me On my Return from Tyonderoga to this Place. I was fortunate Enough to finish my Musters the Day before the Enemy’s Shipping made their Appearance at Tyonderoga and should have sent You the Abstracts by this Conveyance had not one of my Deputies been too much Indisposed to Attend to...
23To George Washington from Richard Varick, 22 August 1783 (Washington Papers)
I take the Liberty of inclosing to Your Excellency, a Letter for Lieut. Colo. Humphrys containing a Letter to His Excellency the president of Congress, praying an Answer to my Memorial formerly presented to Congress, for the Depreciation of my pay while acting as a Mustering Officer & for the 12 Months pay allowed those Officers as a Gratuity on their discharge. I have comprised in my...
24To George Washington from Lieutenant Colonel Richard Varick, 12 October 1780 (Washington Papers)
I have the Honor to inform Your Excellency, That I think my Health is so far restored, as to enable me to bear the Fatigue incident to an Attendance on a Court of Enquiry into my Conduct, which Your Excellency was so indulgent as to promise Me, as soon as I should be able to attend to It. It is Sir, a Wish, natural to a Young Man, whose rise & Happiness in Life depend on a fair & unblemished...
25To George Washington from Richard Varick, 3 September 1782 (Washington Papers)
The Necessities of the Writers employed under my Direction as well as my own, and the Poverty of the Q. Master Department had in great Measure anticipated the Relief afforded by the last Supply of Money transmitted to me by Mr Morris on the 3rd of June, on Account of pay. By that I was enabled to pay off the discharged Writers the Ballances of their respective Demands and to Messrs Sickels &...
26To George Washington from Richard Varick, 8 February 1783 (Washington Papers)
I have this Evening reviewed the Paper of the 29th ulto containing the Charges & the Specification thereof from B. Genl Hazen in behalf of himself and twenty four Officers of his Regiment against Lieutenant Thomas Edwards Judge Advocate of the Army; And find that the Complainants impeach Mr Edwards in three genl Charges, Vizt 1. “Want of Abilities and a regular judicious System in the Office...
27To George Washington from Richard Varick, 21 August 1781 (Washington Papers)
Agreeable to your Excellency’s Directions I do inclose Copy of the unsigned Instructions which I recd from you at New Windsor, with some Additions, perhaps yet incompleat. With Respect to my Pay & Subsistence Your Excellency was pleased to put me on the footing with the Secretary with You—I could wish to be allowed to draw forage for two Horses in Case I should find it convenient & necessary...
28To George Washington from Lieutenant Colonel Richard Varick, 12 November 1780 (Washington Papers)
I hope the Proceedings of the Court of Enquiry on my Conduct have e’er this reached your Excellency’s Hands. A Consciousness of the rectitude of my Intentions & Conduct, while in the Service of my Country, induces me to expect an honorary report from them. I now remain solicitous, only about properly publishing to my Countrymen & fellow Citizens & especially to my late Brother Officers, in...
29To George Washington from Captain Richard Varick, 5 August 1776 (Washington Papers)
I have Directions from General Schuyler, in Order to prevent Delays in forwarding the Stores & Other Necessaries for the Army, in his Absence, to open any Letters that shall be directed to him from the General Officers & Commanders of Posts in this Department & to Comply with their Requisitions in procuring & forwarding such Articles, as May be wanted and can be procured by Me, & to send for...
30To George Washington from Richard Varick, 19 February 1782 (Washington Papers)
I am honored with Your Excellency’s agreeable Favour of the 13th instant, covering seven of Mr Morris’s Notes, amounting to five hundred Dollars, of which I shall make an equal Distribution—proportioned to the Times of Service of the respective Writers who have or now are serving. I am sorry to observe to Your Excellency, that my own Necessities will absolutely oblige me to appropriate a small...