1From George Washington to George Mason and David Stuart, 4 November 1787 (Washington Papers)
In consequence of a resolution which passed at the last meeting of the Potomk company, and in behalf of the Directors, I transmit the enclosed Petition to you, for the consideration of your Honble House. The Petition is short. We therefore rely on you, if the sentiment shall meet your approbation, for argument in support of it; begging at the sametime (as the sole end is to obtain a more...
2From George Washington to Charles Simms and David Stuart, 3 December 1785 (Washington Papers)
As president of the Board of Directors for the Potomac company, I have the honor to enclose you a Petition which we pray you to present to your honorable House; & to use your best endeavours to have the prayer of it enacted into a Law. The petition is so full, & the request of it so reasonable, that we do not suppose there can be the least opposition to it, otherwise than by delay; because the...
3From George Washington to David Stuart, 15 January 1788 (Washington Papers)
In answer to your enquiries in behalf of Mr Custis and which you requested I would commit to writing, you will please to receive and convey, the following information. Namely. That the lands which I have to dispose of beyond the Alligany mountains, are contained in the following tracts. 2314—Acres in Botteteurt County on the Ohio—beginning about 4 miles below the mouth of the little Kankawa...
4From George Washington to David Stuart, 24 November 1786 (Washington Papers)
Enclosed I return the certificates with the Clerks signature of their having passed the Court of Fairfax. What is further necessary I shall rely upon you to have done. Mrs Washington owes Mrs Randolph (the Governors Lady) a bill of 10/ for books bought & sent to the Children of this family, which she requests the favor of you to pay for; and to procure & send to her an Almanack and half a...
5From George Washington to David Stuart, 27 June 1788 (Washington Papers)
Your letter of the 23d, which came duly to hand; still leaves us in a state of suspence with respect to the final decision on the pendent question—and nothing new having happened in this quarter since my last, the principal design of this letter is to afford a cover for Mrs Stuarts; who, no doubt, will have informed you of her own health and that of the little ones, &ca—I shall only add...
6From George Washington to David Stuart, 24 July 1788 (Washington Papers)
From Mr Lund Washington’s I received your letter of the 20th instant, enclosing Mr Hopkins’s Accts, receipts &ca —Enclosed you have a receipt for the amount of your statement; specifying the several articles which constitute the aggregate sum of £567.10.5. I am Yr Affecte & Obedt Servt ALS , owned (1975) by Dr. Ralph F. Brandon, Short Hills, New Jersey. Letter not found, but see John Hopkins...
7From George Washington to David Stuart, 22 December 1787 (Washington Papers)
To the best of my recollection I have sent you Seven numbers of the Fœderalist, under the signature of Publius. The subsequent numbers that have come to my hands, I herewith enclose. Have you received a letter from me, enclosing one for my Nephew Bushrod Washington; containing queries respecting my lands in the Western Country? It is sometime since it was dispatched from this, & having...
8From George Washington to David Stuart, 18 January 1788 (Washington Papers)
As the enclosed will be transmitted to Mr Custis, I will blend nothing else ⟨w⟩ith it; but beg, for the reason therein as⟨si⟩gned that you would contrive it by the first ⟨sa⟩fe conveyance. The Certificates which I thought had ⟨b⟩een sent to you, are found—I suppose, after ⟨th⟩e list was taken, it was found unnecessa⟨ry to⟩ send them, & they were, consequently, with⟨h⟩eld. When Mrs Stuart was...
9From George Washington to David Stuart, 12 February 1787 (Washington Papers)
At length I have received the sheriffs acct against me for Taxes—a copy of which I enclose you. Mr Ratcliff supposes I am well acquainted with the manner of discharging it, but in truth I am not—nor whether his charges are right, or not; I shall thank you therefore for your Inspection, & comparison of it with the revenue Acts; and then, for providing me with the means for discharging it to the...
10From George Washington to David Stuart, 10 November 1788 (Washington Papers)
Your letter of the 3d came duly to hand. I thank you for the communications contained in it, though they are not of the best complexion. ’Tis possible, however, that out of evil good may come. A mark is sometimes overshot, and when this happens to be the case, the shaft is as far from the object as when it passes in the other extreme. We have nothing in this quarter either new or entertaining....