1To George Washington from George Muter, 6 August 1792 (Washington Papers)
I have served seven years, as chief Justice for the District of Kentucky, and I beleive I have given general satisfaction: but, in the appointments for the court of Appeals for our new state, I have been left out, & appointed for the court of Oyer & Terminer, which, if it continues agreeable to it’s present establishment, will be of little consequence, and the judges will have little to do....
2To George Washington from Richard Chichester, 6 August 1792 (Washington Papers)
Richard Chichester’s Respectful Compliments to his Excellency George Washington Esqr., President of the United States of America, humbly Requesting his favour of Permission to hunt that Small Skirt of woods Just around the Tenement whereon William Gray lives, as his lameness &c. Renders it Impracticable to Amuse himself in that line, only, where there’s a Road to Drive in A chair to the...
3To George Washington from Salamon Coen Bacri, 6 August 1792 (Washington Papers)
Livorno [Tuscany], 6 Aug. 1792. Suggests that his family, because of its influence over and ties to the court of the Dey of Algiers, could assist in restoring peace between the United States and the Dey and in effecting the release of the American mariners held captive at Algiers. Bacri offers to advise the American plenipotentiary about how best to conduct his negotiations with the Dey so as...