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| No. | Author | Recipient | Title | Date | Context |
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| 1 | Washington, George | McHenry, James | From George Washington to James McHenry, 5 July 1777 | 1777-07-05 | Your Letter of the 21st Ulto I received on Thursday last, for which I am extremely obliged to... |
| 2 | Washington, George | McHenry, James | From George Washington to James McHenry, 11 December … | 1781-12-11 | I have received your favor of the 3d Inst. inclosing your Resignation which I have delivered in... |
| 3 | Washington, George | McHenry, James | From George Washington to James McHenry, 12 March 1782 | 1782-03-12 | The fair hand to whom your letter of the 20th of Jany was committed presented it safe, & as you... |
| 4 | Washington, George | McHenry, James | From George Washington to James McHenry, 18 July 1782 | 1782-07-18 | Mr Lindsay handed me your favor of the 14th—the disposition of the Prisoners is not with me, but... |
| 5 | Washington, George | McHenry, James | From George Washington to James McHenry, 15 August 1782 | 1782-08-15 | If the Commanders of the Fleets and Armies of our late, most Gracious Sovereign , in America; are... |
| 6 | Washington, George | McHenry, James | From George Washington to James McHenry, 12 September … | 1782-09-12 | I am pained to find by your Letter of the 30th Ulto, that you cannot get rid of your fever. Try... |
| 7 | Washington, George | McHenry, James | From George Washington to James McHenry, 17 October … | 1782-10-17 | In a visit to the Post of Dobb’s Ferry last Saturday, I accidentally met with Majr Lynch at that... |
| 8 | Washington, George | McHenry, James | From George Washington to James McHenry, 23 October … | 1782-10-23 | I am pained because I cannot answer the expectation & request of your letter of the 10th... |
| 9 | Washington, George | McHenry, James | From George Washington to James McHenry, 18 February … | 1783-02-18 | Immediately on the Rect of your Letter to me of the 2nd of the Month I orderd an inquirey to be... |
| 10 | Washington, George | McHenry, James | From George Washington to James McHenry, 24 April 1783 | 1783-04-24 | Immediately upon the Receipt of your letter of the 15th expressive of your wish to go to the... |
| 11 | Washington, George | McHenry, James | From George Washington to James McHenry, 14 May 1783 | 1783-05-14 | You will see by the inclosed Copies, which are answers to my letters to Mr Livingston and Mr... |
| 12 | Washington, George | McHenry, James | From George Washington to James McHenry, 6 August 1783 | 1783-08-06 | After a tour of at least 750 Miles (performed in Nineteen days) I returned to this place... |
| 13 | Washington, George | McHenry, James | From George Washington to James McHenry, 5 September … | 1783-09-05 | I have thrown together the following sentiments on the papers you put into my hand yesterday.... |
| 14 | Washington, George | McHenry, James | From George Washington to James McHenry, 10 December … | 1783-12-10 | After seeing the backs of the British Forces turned upon us, and the Executive of the State of... |
| 15 | Washington, George | McHenry, James | From George Washington to James McHenry, 22 August 1785 | 1785-08-22 | Your letter of the 1st Instt came to this place whilst I was absent on a tour up the Potomack, or... |
| 16 | Washington, George | McHenry, James | From George Washington to James McHenry, 11 November … | 1786-11-11 | I met your favor of the 5th, in Alexandria yesterday. Today I dispatch one of my Overseers and... |
| 17 | Washington, George | McHenry, James | From George Washington to James McHenry, 16 November … | 1786-11-16 | Letter not found: to James McHenry, 16 Nov. 1786. McHenry wrote GW on 18 Nov. : “I received your... |
| 18 | Washington, George | McHenry, James | From George Washington to James McHenry, 29 November … | 1786-11-29 | Your letters of the 18th by the Packet, & 19th by the Post, are both at hand—The Birds were... |
| 19 | Washington, George | McHenry, James | From George Washington to James McHenry, 27 April 1788 | 1788-04-27 | Not having sent to the Post office for several days your favor of the 20th inst. did not get to... |
| 20 | Washington, George | McHenry, James | From George Washington to James McHenry, 8 May 1788 | 1788-05-08 | To a letter which I wrote to you somedays ago, I beg leave to refer you. I congratulate with you... |
| 21 | Washington, George | McHenry, James | From George Washington to James McHenry, 31 July 1788 | 1788-07-31 | In reply to your recent favour, which has been duly received, I can only observe; that, as I... |
| 22 | Washington, George | McHenry, James | From George Washington to James McHenry, 1 April 1789 | 1789-04-01 | With a heart duly impressed with a sense of the kind invitation you have been pleased to give me... |
| 23 | Washington, George | McHenry, James | From George Washington to James McHenry, 3 July 1789 | 1789-07-03 | I have received your very friendly letter of the 28th of June, and feel a grateful sense of the... |
| 24 | Washington, George | McHenry, James | From George Washington to James McHenry, 30 November … | 1789-11-30 | (Confidential) Dear Sir, New York Novr 30th 1789. I have received your letter of the 14th... |
| 25 | Washington, George | McHenry, James | From George Washington to James McHenry, 11 July 1792 … | 1792-07-11 | Letter not found: to James McHenry, c.11 July 1792. McHenry wrote GW on 17 July that he had... |
| 26 | Washington, George | McHenry, James | From George Washington to James McHenry, 13 August 1792 | 1792-08-13 | (Private) Dear Sir, Mount Vernon Augt 13th 1792. Your letter of the 17th of July came duly to... |
| 27 | Washington, George | McHenry, James | From George Washington to James McHenry, 31 August 1792 | 1792-08-31 | (Private) Dear Sir, Mount Vernon Augt 31st 1792 The characters given of Messrs Smith &... |
| 28 | Washington, George | McHenry, James | From George Washington to James McHenry, 21 September … | 1792-09-21 | (Private) Dear Sir, Mount Vernon Septr 21st [1792]. Fearing some accident may have prevented my... |
| 29 | Washington, George | McHenry, James | From George Washington to James McHenry, 28 August 1793 | 1793-08-28 | I have been favored with your letter of the 11th of this month, and thank you very cordially for... |
| 30 | Washington, George | McHenry, James | From George Washington to James McHenry, 8 April 1794 | 1794-04-08 | (Private) Dear Sir, Philadelphia 8th April 1794 Your private letters of the 31st of March & 3d... |
| 31 | Washington, George | McHenry, James | From George Washington to James McHenry, 1 July 1795 | 1795-07-01 | Letter not found: to James McHenry, 1 July 1795. A purported ALS was offered for sale by... |
| 32 | Washington, George | McHenry, James | From George Washington to James McHenry, 20 January … | 1796-01-20 | Let this letter be received with the same friendship and frankness, with which it is written,... |
| 33 | Washington, George | McHenry, James | From George Washington to James McHenry, 28 January … | 1796-01-28 | Your letters of the 21st & 24th instant have been duly received. The last, in time on tuesday, to... |
| 34 | Washington, George | McHenry, James | From George Washington to James McHenry, 11 March 1796 | 1796-03-11 | The letters, with their enclosures from Genl Wilkenson, shew in an additional strong point of... |
| 35 | Washington, George | McHenry, James | From George Washington to James McHenry, 8 May 1796 | 1796-05-08 | The enclosed letter presents a serious—perhaps a just view of the subject which has been under... |
| 36 | Washington, George | McHenry, James | From George Washington to James McHenry, 4 June 1796 | 1796-06-04 | Return the enclosed as soon as Mr Ross (under strong injunctions) have read it—Never put papers,... |
| 37 | Washington, George | McHenry, James | From George Washington to James McHenry, 4 June 1796 | 1796-06-04 | If it is not too late for Fenno’s Paper of this Afternoon, an extract from Chapins letter,... |
| 38 | Washington, George | McHenry, James | From George Washington to James McHenry, 22 June 1796 | 1796-06-22 | Your letters of the 14th & 15th instant have been received, but not in time to have been answered... |
| 39 | Washington, George | McHenry, James | From George Washington to James McHenry, 1 July 1796 | 1796-07-01 | Your letter of the 27th Ulto by Post, with its enclosures (the originals of which, I return) came... |
| 40 | Washington, George | McHenry, James | From George Washington to James McHenry, 1 July 1796 | 1796-07-01 | By the Post, rather than by the Express, you will receive my Official letter, and its Enclosures.... |
| 41 | Washington, George | McHenry, James | From George Washington to James McHenry, 8 July 1796 | 1796-07-08 | Having written a great many letters for this day’s Post, and being a good deal fatigued thereby... |
| 42 | Washington, George | McHenry, James | From George Washington to James McHenry, 13 July 1796 | 1796-07-13 | Private The purport of your private letter, of the 7th instant (that part of it I mean, which... |
| 43 | Washington, George | McHenry, James | From George Washington to James McHenry, 18 July 1796 | 1796-07-18 | Your letters of the 10th, 12th and 13th instant, with their enclosures, came all by the last Mail... |
| 44 | Washington, George | McHenry, James | From George Washington to James McHenry, 22 July 1796 | 1796-07-22 | (private) Your private letter of the 16 came to my hands at the same time that your official one... |
| 45 | Washington, George | McHenry, James | From George Washington to James McHenry, 22 July 1796 | 1796-07-22 | Your letter of the 18th instant with its enclosures, came to hand by the last Mail. Such of the... |
| 46 | Washington, George | McHenry, James | From George Washington to James McHenry, 25 July 1796 | 1796-07-25 | The enclosed letter from Mr Landais, transmitting one from you to him, was received by the last... |
| 47 | Washington, George | McHenry, James | From George Washington to James McHenry, 1 August 1796 | 1796-08-01 | The Post of Friday last brought me your dispatches of the 26th Ulto, with the Papers therein... |
| 48 | Washington, George | McHenry, James | From George Washington to James McHenry, 8 August 1796 | 1796-08-08 | Your letter of the 3d instant, with the information of our possession of Fort Ontario (lately... |
| 49 | Washington, George | McHenry, James | From George Washington to James McHenry, 10 August 1796 | 1796-08-10 | Private Colo. Hawkins is now here, on his way to Philadelphia, & proposes to proceed in the... |
| 50 | Washington, George | McHenry, James | From George Washington to James McHenry, 12 August 1796 | 1796-08-12 | The originals and drafts of letters enclosed in yours of the 8th instt are herewith returned. The... |