1To Benjamin Franklin from George Walker, 1 December 1782 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society An old friend will excuse this familiarity of address to the Minister. I found by Mr. Wharton of Philadelphia, when he did me the honour of a visit at Calais, that I was still alive in your memory and good opinion; and that you were content with the excuses I had made you thorough him for my silence. Circumstances however seem now to be approaching, which...
2To Benjamin Franklin from George Walker, 5 February 1783 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society I did myself the honour of writing to you in the beginning of December to request your advice and assistance. Mr. Laurens, whom I saw on his return from Paris, told me I was not to wonder at your silence, for that your time was so taken up with matters of State, that your private friends must excuse you, nor impute to a seeming inattention to them, what...
3To George Washington from George Walker, 28 April 1789 (Washington Papers)
No Doubt but you will be surprised to Receve a Letter of this sort from a stranger. The more so when you perseve the Author to be a soldier, but hope my Sittuation will Pleade an excuse. To be short, I’m a Discharged Soldier from the Ohio, that I Receved sevon months ago; without, one Farthing, almost Naked, altho I had a Years Clothing Due, and a Journey of six hundred miles to New-York. I...
4To Thomas Jefferson from George Walker, 9 March 1792 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favour of the 1st Instant I had the honour to receive, and was certainly Sorry that I missed Seeing you the evening before I left Philada.; although, I then had been able to obtain no reply from Major L’Enfant to the letter I had the honour to hand him from you: therefore, did not think it necessary to write. The dismission of Major L’Enfant has given great alarm to the proprietors, and...
5To Thomas Jefferson from George Walker, 21 March 1792 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favour of the 14th. Inst. I had the honour to receive and have communicated the Contents to the proprietors of this City. In consequence of which I this day received the inclosed letter which they wish may be laid before the President of the United States.—As I may Sometime after take an opty of conveying to you my Sentiments on this business I Shall not add at present but that I am with...
6To George Washington from George Walker, 8 October 1792 (Washington Papers)
Confident of your extreme anxiety to execute faithfully, Such Laws of the Union as are revolved upon you, I hope you will pardon the freedom of claiming your attention, to the present Alarming manner of conducting the operations in the intended City of Washington. When the proprietors of land, contiguous to GeorgeTown and the Easternbranch, ceded by Deed of Trust, one half of the lots arising...
7To George Washington from George Walker, 20 August 1795 (Washington Papers)
Impressed with a high idea of your desire to patronize those Arts which improve & embellish life, I beg leave to sollicit your Acceptance of the Prints which accompany this letter. My intention of presenting them made me take the liberty to insert Your Name in the list of Subscribers, a circumstance which, considering the motive, I hope you will have the goodness to excuse. It would not become...
8To George Washington from George Walker, 24 January 1797 (Washington Papers)
Permit me, for the last time I shall ever trouble You on the subject, to lay before you the cause of the late small altercation which took place between Commissioner Scott and myself; for although Mr Scott drew Mr White into a concurrence; yet, he was not the moving cause. And as for Dr Thornton he was in the negative through the whole. Sometime previous to my leaving the City last Spring, I...
9To George Washington from George Walker, 5 August 1799 (Washington Papers)
Being informed Sometime ago, that a Copy of a letter wrote to you by Doctor Thornton in May last, respecting the division of Some Squares on my ground in this City, with your reply to it, had been read by many in Georgetown, I had the curiosity to procure copies of these letters, with Dr Thornton’s protest on the Same Subject; all of which, are now before me —The whole design of Dr Thorntons...
10To James Madison from George Walker, 24 September 1816 (Madison Papers)
The death of the honorable Judge Innes makes it necessary to appoint a successor, permit me to mention Mr Robert Trimble of Bourbon County as a Gentleman well qualified to fill the vacancy of the late Judge. Mr. Trimble is a gentleman that Stands high as a lawyer and a man of integrity. He for some years preceded in the court of appeals of this State and very much to the satisfaction of all...