1From George Washington to Charles Carter, Jr., 26 June 1797 (Washington Papers)
When you informed me that Mr Booker was erecting a threshing machine for some Gentleman in your neighbourhood, I expressed a wish that he would come hither; but intended before we parted to have been more pointed in my request on this head; but your trip to the Federal City and early departure the morning after you returned, were the occasions of my forgetting to do so. Let me now ask the...
2From George Washington to Charles Carter, Jr., of Culpeper, 29 May 1794 (Washington Papers)
I have duly received your letter of the 14th instant. The enclosed to Mr John Lewis, left open for your perusal, will shew what I require for myself, and am willing to do for others. Do you & he therefore, after full enquiry into facts, point out what this ought to be—and no delay shall be experienced from me. The two hundred pounds for which you endorsed an order upon a Merchant of this...