1From George Washington to John Canon, 28 November 1786 (Washington Papers)
I have just been advised by Mr Smith, my Counsel, of the favorable issue of the Ejectments I was compelled to bring for the recovery of my land in your neighbourhood; and of the necessity there is for me to appoint an agent to take care of my interest therein. As I am not acquainted with any one, who lives near the land, in whom I could place such entire confidence as yourself, permit me to...
2From George Washington to John Canon, 13 April 1787 (Washington Papers)
I have recd your letter of 22d of Jany and as I wish to dispose of my Land near you (as well as the tract in Fayette County) I will with pleasure mention my terms to you, that you may make them known and give assurances of the title upon their being complied with. The Land in Washington County will sell @ 30/Pensylvania Currency pr Acre (payable in Specie)—one fourth down, and the other 3/4 in...
3From George Washington to John Canon, 16 September 1787 (Washington Papers)
I was suprized to find by your letter of the 8th of may, dated in this City (received after I came to it) that you had not got the letter I wrote to you sometime before under cover to Colo. Bayard of Pittsburg especially as the Colonel has acknowledged the receipt of it, and promised that it should be carefully forwarded to your house. In that letter, to the best of my recollection, I...
4From George Washington to John Canon, 15 September 1788 (Washington Papers)
As I have not received a line from you for more than fifteen months, and am altogether in the dark respecting the business which was committed to your care —I would thank you for information respecting the tenements—the Rents &ca of my Lands in Fayette and Washington Counties. And, as the latter—that is the Rents—may have been received in specific articles I should be glad to know they are...
5From George Washington to John Canon, 26 December 1788 (Washington Papers)
As I have not reed an Answer to my letter which I wrote to you on the 15th of September I have reason to suppose that it never reached your hands, and have therefore enclosed you a duplicate of it, adding, at the same time, that I have never before felt the want of Cash so severely as at present—and of course any monies that may arise from my property under your care could never come more...
6From George Washington to John Canon, 22 March 1789 (Washington Papers)
I have received your letter of the 29th of January enclosing a statement of the Rents paid by the tenants occupying my Land which is under your care —The price of flour in your neighbourhood (which I am informed by Majr McCormack is 25/Virginia currency per bbl) will make me some amends for receiving the Rents in wheat instead of Cash which could not be obtained from the tenants for the rate...
7From George Washington to John Canon, 24 September 1789 (Washington Papers)
Sometime last winter I received a letter from you by the hands of Major McCormack, giving me a statement of the situation of my lands under your care in the Counties of Washington and Fayette, with the names of the persons to whom they were leased and the terms on which they held them. You likewise informed me that the Tenants would pay the rents in wheat at your mill, which you would turn to...
8From George Washington to John Canon, 25 June 1790 (Washington Papers)
Your letter of the 2. instant has reached my hands and in consequence thereof I have applied to Mr Scott for fifty pounds as you desired, who informs me that he did not expect a draught to exceed £15. or £20. and therefore had not made his arrangements for 50. however he says he will pay it if he can make it convenient. As the rents of my lands under your care were to be paid in wheat, and the...
9From George Washington to John Canon, 7 September 1791 (Washington Papers)
I have received your letter of the 10. of August —and am very sorry to find that so far as it relates to my property under your care, I have no further satisfaction than the assurance which you have given in all the letters received from you, that I shall have a statement of my interest committed to your care—But Sir, I surely had a right to expect something more than the promise of a...