1From George Washington to John Witherspoon, 20 January 1780 (Washington Papers)
I am much obliged to you for your favor of the 14th, and to your exertions at so trying a juncture for supplies for the army. Indeed all the counties of this State, from which I have heard, have attended to my requisition for provisions with the most cheerful and commendable zeal. What we shall obtain in this manner, in conjunction with the steps taken by Congress, and the States from which we...
2From George Washington to John Witherspoon, 8 October 1782 (Washington Papers)
I have been favored with your Letter of the 3d instant. Since the settlement of a general Cartel is not likely to be effected—I do not consider myself at Liberty to enter into the practice of partial Exchanges, without the Direction of Congress, to whose Consideration it has been submitted. I shall Wait this Decision—should it be in favor of partial Exchange, I know nothing at present, but...
3From George Washington to John Witherspoon, 25 August 1783 (Washington Papers)
I receive with the utmost satisfaction & acknowledge with great sensibility your kind congratulations. The prosperous situation of our public affairs, the florishing state of this place, & the revival of the Seat of Literature from the ravages of War, encrease to the highest degree, the pleasure I feel in visiting (at the return of Peace) the scene of our important military transactions, and...
4From George Washington to John Witherspoon, 8 September 1783 (Washington Papers)
I enclose to your care a Letter to Mr Cowvenhoven in answer to his Memorial & request, and his Letter to you & the President of Congress. In the course of Mr Cowvenhoven’s Memorial he takes occasion to mention his assistance to one Mr Wyckhoff, who, he says, was employed by Governor Clinton & me to bring Money from Long Island; all the agency I had in this matter, was giving an Order, at the...
5From George Washington to John Witherspoon, 10 March 1784 (Washington Papers)
The recourse which I have had to my papers since I returned home, reminds me of a question which you asked me in Philadelphia, respecting my Lands to the westward of the Allighaney mountains; to which I was unprepared, at that time to give a decided answer, either as to the quantity I had to let, or the terms upon which I would Lease them. Upon examination, I find that I have Patents under the...
6From George Washington to John Witherspoon, 8 March 1785 (Washington Papers)
From the cursory manner in wch you expressed the wish of Mr Bowie, to write the Memoirs of my life—I was not, at the moment of your application & my assent to it, struck with the consequences to which it tended: but when I came to reflect upon the matter afterwards, & had had some conversation with Mr Bowie on the subject; I found that this must be a very futile work (if under any...
7From George Washington to John Witherspoon, 23 August 1786 (Washington Papers)
The last Post brought me your favor of the 14th. You have been misinformed, respecting the congregation of Pohick. It is of the Episcopal Church & at this time has an incumbent; of which I give you the earliest notice for the information of Mr Wilson. A Church above this, formerly under the same ministry, is, I believe, unprovided; but of what religion the people thereabout now are, I am...