1To George Washington from William Darke, 9–10 November 1791 (Washington Papers)
I Take the liberty of Communicating to your Excelency The disagreable News of our defeat. We Left fort Washington the Begining of Septr, a Jornel of our march to the place of Action & the whole proseedings on our march I hoped to have had the Honour to inclose to you but that and all other papers, Cloathing &ca was Taken by the Indians—this Jornal I know would have gave you pain but thought it...
2To Alexander Hamilton from Richard Harison, 9 November 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
In Consequence of your Directions to the Collector of this Place a Suit was commenced against Anthony Libbey upon the registring Act, for not bringing a duplicate Manifest of his Cargo from the Port he belonged to in the District of Maine. His Cargo had been previously landed and disposed of by Permission from the proper Officers who did not suspect any Misconduct. Upon an Examination into the...
3To Alexander Hamilton from Thomas Mifflin, [9 November 1791] (Hamilton Papers)
It gave me great pleasure to receive the report of the Comptroller General of this State, upon the Business of the Lake Erie purchase; from which it appears, that the Comptroller General of the United States has concurred with him, in fixing the Consideration money of that purchase at 151, 640²⁵⁄₁₀₀ Dollars, and in the mode of payment. I have, therefore, referred the papers to the Attorney...
4To Alexander Hamilton from Edmund Randolph, 9 November 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
I do myself the honor of answering your letter of the 2d. instant upon the subject of the North Carolina certificates. The 13th. section of the funding act admits, that subscriptions may be made to the loan payable in the principal and interest of the certificates or notes which, prior to a certain day, were issued by the respective states as acknowledgments or evidences of debts, by them...
5To George Washington from David Campbell, 9 November 1791 (Washington Papers)
If the Judges of the Territory South of the Ohio are vested with federal Jurisdiction, which doubtless the[y] will be, otherwise violators of Treaties will go unpunished, they at present having no federal Jurisdiction: It will be necessary to appoint an Attorney for the District, whose business it will be ex officio, to commence prosecutions agains violators of Treaties or give information to...
6From Thomas Jefferson to William Short, 9 November 1791 (Jefferson Papers)
Thomas Pinckny of S. Carolina has this day the offer of the mission to London as minister Pleni. When we know whether he accepts, or not wch. will not be these six weeks, the nomination of a minister pleni. for Paris and a minister resident for the Hague will be made. The former is in suspence between yourself and another. If you do not have that you will have the latter. There was never a...
7From Thomas Jefferson to Samuel Smith, 9 November 1791 (Jefferson Papers)
I have duly recieved your favor of the 5th. on the subject of the sloop Jane, which it was impossible to dispatch with the celerity you expected. It was necessary to copy the papers to communicate them to the French minister, and the copies are not yet ready. In the mean time I have seen Mr. Skipwith, who being to pass through Baltimore, I am persuaded his information to you will be thought...
8From Thomas Jefferson to Lord Wycombe, 9 November 1791 (Jefferson Papers)
Th: Jefferson has the honour of presenting his respectful and affectionate compliments to Ld. Wycombe and of asking the favor of him immediately on his arrival in Charleston to have the goodness to send the inclosed letter to the Post-office. He knows how troublesome it is to travellers to have to think of letters, and therefore apologizes by the importance of the one inclosed, and the...