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1 | Gordon, William | Washington, George | To George Washington from William Gordon, 3 April 1788 | 1788-04-03 | I had proposed writing by the present opportunity, before I received your letter of Jany the 1st... |
2 | Gordon, William | Washington, George | To George Washington from William Gordon, 25 August … | 1779-08-25 | Your obliging letter of the 3d instant afforded me peculiar pleasure, & more especially the close... |
3 | Gordon, William | Washington, George | To George Washington from William Gordon, 12 September … | 1794-09-12 | Judging there is an advantage from knowing the particular tempers of those, with whom we have to... |
4 | Gordon, William | Washington, George | To George Washington from William Gordon, 30 March 1793 | 1793-03-30 | When I wrote on the 8th of Feby last, I had no thought of addressing You so soon after. But the... |
5 | Gordon, William | Washington, George | To George Washington from William Gordon, 18 June 1783 | 1783-06-18 | Though I have not had the pleasure of an answer, owing to the multiplicity of your engagements,... |
6 | Gordon, William | Washington, George | To George Washington from William Gordon, 28 March 1785 | 1785-03-28 | Your obliging favours of the 8th inst. were recd on the Saturday. From them I infer not only the... |
7 | Gordon, William | Washington, George | To George Washington from William Gordon, 26 October … | 1780-10-26 | I congratulate your Excellency with the utmost sincerity upon the late discovery of Arnolds... |
8 | Gordon, William | Washington, George | To George Washington from William Gordon, 31 August … | 1797-08-31 | I have enjoyed peculiar pleasure in looking over Fenno’s Gazettes from last Sepr to June 14th... |
9 | Gordon, William | Washington, George | To George Washington from William Gordon, 21 August … | 1780-08-21 | Having received, by the Alliance the last week, a letter from Holland & another from Mr John... |
10 | Gordon, William | Washington, George | To George Washington from William Gordon, 24 September … | 1788-09-24 | I send under cover to Mr Hazard, that so it should not be known at the Coffee house, that I... |
11 | Gordon, William | Washington, George | To George Washington from William Gordon, 28 September … | 1786-09-28 | It is with concern I learn, that the old leaven, which brought on the late American troubles,... |
12 | Gordon, William | Washington, George | To George Washington from William Gordon, 4 March 1782 | 1782-03-04 | I cannot omit writing by the present safe conveyance, tho’ I have nothing in particular to... |
13 | Gordon, William | Washington, George | To George Washington from William Gordon, 7 November … | 1785-11-07 | Letter not found: from William Gordon, 7 Nov. 1785. GW wrote Gordon on 6 Dec. : “I come now, my... |
14 | Gordon, William | Washington, George | To George Washington from William Gordon, 8 February … | 1793-02-08 | I write, to testify the continuance of my affection; & to express my hopes, that before the... |
15 | Gordon, William | Washington, George | To George Washington from William Gordon, 29 April 1795 | 1795-04-29 | Your ardent, persevering, & disinterested patriotism, from the commencement of the American... |
16 | Gordon, William | Washington, George | To George Washington from William Gordon, 2 October … | 1782-10-02 | I was in hopes, after reading Genl Carleton’s letter & other publications, that I should have had... |
17 | Gordon, William | Washington, George | To George Washington from William Gordon, 2 July 1778 | 1778-07-02 | I just catch a few minutes before the post goes off to acquaint you that Lord Chatham is... |
18 | Gordon, William | Washington, George | To George Washington from William Gordon, 25 January … | 1798-01-25 | Your friendly letter of 15th Ocr last was highly acceptable, but before I enter upon a particular... |
19 | Gordon, William | Washington, George | To George Washington from William Gordon, 4 February … | 1786-02-04 | The last week I had the pleasure of seeing Genl Lincoln, from whom I learnt, that You had been so... |
20 | Gordon, William | Washington, George | To George Washington from William Gordon, 12 January … | 1778-01-12 | I was a stranger to the subjects of the present letter when I wrote last week, or should have... |
21 | Gordon, William | Washington, George | To George Washington from William Gordon, 15 April 1778 | 1778-04-15 | When you have perused the enclosed, pray you to put it under cover & forward it to Genl Gates.... |
22 | Gordon, William | Washington, George | To George Washington from William Gordon, 12 April 1792 | 1792-04-12 | Though I rejoice whenever I receive a letter from You, & think myself highly honored by it; yet I... |
23 | Gordon, William | Washington, George | To George Washington from William Gordon, 27 June 1781 | 1781-06-27 | In the midst of important business the following anecdote will probably give you some pleasure,... |
24 | Gordon, William | Washington, George | To George Washington from William Gordon, 8 January … | 1778-01-08 | The cares & fatigues of the campaign are, I hope, so far over, as to admit of your perusing the... |
25 | Gordon, William | Washington, George | To George Washington from William Gordon, 10 May 1777 … | 1777-05-10 | Letter not found: from William Gordon, 10 May 1777. GW wrote Gordon on 29 June : “I am rather... |
26 | Gordon, William | Washington, George | To George Washington from William Gordon, 23 July 1778 | 1778-07-23 | It’s with great pleasure I congratulate you upon our late success, on a double account—the... |
27 | Gordon, William | Washington, George | To George Washington from William Gordon, 26 February … | 1783-02-26 | Your favor of Ocr the 23d I was honored with in due season: but having nothing special about... |
28 | Gordon, William | Washington, George | To George Washington from William Gordon, 18 October … | 1784-10-18 | Letter not found: from William Gordon, 18 Oct. 1784. On 3 Nov. GW wrote to Gordon : “The last... |
29 | Gordon, William | Washington, George | To George Washington from William Gordon, 16 February … | 1789-02-16 | Ringwood in Hampshire (97 miles from London) My Dear Sir Feby 16. 1789 I have at length finished... |
30 | Gordon, William | Washington, George | To George Washington from William Gordon, 19–20 June … | ≈1776-06-19 | I am desirous of writing, tho’ without a flow of spirits. The reason of the last is not any... |