1To Alexander Hamilton from John Habersham, 20 May 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
I have to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 31st of March last. I shall observe what you have directed in regard to Captain Backhouse, should the decision be against him. When the Legislature have their next meeting, I shall use my best endeavors to obtain a Cession of the Light House to the United States. In the mean time I have to inform you, that the additions and repairs to...
2To Alexander Hamilton from John H. Livingston, 20 May 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
New York, May 20, 1791. “I am very sorry to be under the necessity of troubling you with inclosed paper to which your signature is necessary. Our Legislature broke up so soon after we recd. the necessary document for freeing you from this, that it was not in our power to get an Act for that purpose, but it shall be done at the next Sessions. In the mean while we will tresspass upon your time...
3To Alexander Hamilton from George Washington, 20 May 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
While at Charleston I appointed Robert Cochran of that place to command the revenue cutter for the station of South Carolina, & empowered him, with the approbation of the Governor & general Moultrie, to appoint his mates. I have appointed John Howell Commander —Hendricks Fisher, first mate, and John Wood second mate of the revenue cutter to be stationed on the coast of Georgia. You will...
4[Diary entry: 20 May 1791] (Washington Papers)
Friday 20th. Viewed the ruins, or rather small remns. of the Works which had been erected by the British during the War and taken by the Americans—also the falls, which are about 2 Miles above the Town; and the Town itself. These falls (as they are called) are nothing more than rapids. They are passable in their present state by boats with Skilful hands, but may at a very small expence be...
5To George Washington from Edmund Bacon, 20 May 1791 (Washington Papers)
Augusta Chronicle (Georgia), 4 June 1791 supplement. Edmund Bacon (1776–1826) was a student in the coeducational Academy of Richmond County, established in Augusta in 1783. At the time of GW’s visit, 20 May 1791, about fifty students were enrolled. Rector and senior tutor Augustus Baldwin apparently selected Bacon as the occasion’s principal speaker on the basis of his outstanding scholarship,...
6From George Washington to Alexander Hamilton, 20 May 1791 (Washington Papers)
While at Charleston I appointed Robert Cochran of that place to command the revenue Cutter for the station of South Carolina, & empowered him, with the approbation of the Governor & general Moultrie, to appoint his mates. I have appointed John Howell Commander—Hendricks Fisher, first Mate, and John Wood second mate of the revenue Cutter to be stationed on the coast of Georgia. You will...
7From George Washington to James Seagrove, 20 May 1791 (Washington Papers)
The confidence, which your character inclines me to place in you, has induced me to commit the enclosed letter, from the Secretary of State to Governor Quesada, and the negotiation which will be consequent thereon to your care and management. The letter which is under a flying seal, to be closed before it is delivered, will inform you of the import, and serve to instruct you in the mode of...
8From George Washington to Edward Telfair, 20 May 1791 (Washington Papers)
Obeying the impulse of a heartfelt gratitude I express with particular pleasure my sense of the obligations which your Excellency’s goodness, and the kind regards of your citizens have conferred upon me. I shall always retain a most pleasing remembrance of the polite and hospitable attentions which I have received in my tour thro’ the State of Georgia, and during my stay at the residence of...
9III. The President to James Seagrove, 20 May 1791 (Jefferson Papers)
The confidence, which your character inclines me to place in you, has induced me to commit the enclosed letter, from the Secretary of State to Governor Quesada, and the negotiation which will be consequent thereon to your care and management. The letter which is under a flying seal, to be closed before it is delivered, will inform you of the import, and serve to instruct you in the mode of...
10To Thomas Jefferson from the Abbés Arnoux and Chalut, 20 May 1791 (Jefferson Papers)
Notre legislature tant attendue, tant desirée et à la fin obtenue, tend à sa fin, notre cher Monsieur, et notre Constitution est presque achevée. Le mois de juillet prochain verra la fin et l’achevement de l’une et de l’autre, et dans ce meme tems la nouvelle legislature succedera à l’ancienne. Si notre constitution n’est pas parfaite, le tems, l’experience, la reflexion et de nouvelles...
11To Thomas Jefferson from Samuel Blackden, 20 May 1791 (Jefferson Papers)
I would not trespass upon your time which is so usefully employ’d in the service of the public, and so much to your own honor, if I did not believe that you would think me guilty of a want of confidence in your goodness and that I am insensible to the pleasure and alacrity with which you undertake and serve your country and your friends. If I take too much liberty you will pardon me, when you...
12From Thomas Jefferson to Joseph Willard, 20 May 1791 (Jefferson Papers)
I have the honor to inclose you a packet which came from France under cover to me. I recieved several times, while in France, two copies, in sheets, of certain books printed in the king’s press, and which had been procured from him as a present to two of our colleges by the Marquis de Chastellux. I knew from this gentleman himself that the college of Virginia was one to which such a present...
13Enclosure M: Officer of the Customs to Joshua Johnson, 20 May 1791 (Jefferson Papers)
Portsmouth, 20 May 1791 . Acknowledging and summarizing Johnson’s letter of the 18th by Captain Duff. In answer, they inform him that the Commissioners of the Customs had directed them to deliver the vessel and brandies upon satisfaction being made to the seizing officers. “In consequence whereof we immediately sent for Captn. Duff to whom we communicated this Order, and at the same...