1Enclosure (E.): [Probable State of Cash from December 1792 to April 1793], 20 February 1793 (Hamilton Papers)
Dr. Probable State of Cash from the Last of December 1792, to the 1st of April 1793. Cr. Dollars Cents Dollars Cents To Balance of cash in the Treasury, per statement (A) 783.444. 51. By amount of warrants which were drawn prior to the 1st of January 1793, and not paid by the Treasurer, These of course did not come into his account for the last quarter of 1792. 42.136. 33. Cash in the banks on...
2From Alexander Hamilton to Samuel Hodgdon, 20 February 1793 (Hamilton Papers)
Treasury Department, February 20, 1793. “A warrant has this day issued on the Treasurer in your favor, as Attorney of James O Hara, Quarter Master General of the army of the United States, for 1800 Dollars to be applied by you to the payment of two bills, drawn on the Secretary of War by John Belli, Deputy Quarter Master General.” LS , University of Pennsylvania. Hodgdon, who was in the...
3From Alexander Hamilton to Jonathan Trumbull, 20 February 1793 (Hamilton Papers)
I have reason to conclude, that in copying my letter to the House of Representatives of yesterday, the following passage has been omitted. “Connected with the circumstance of paying the interest upon the public debt at different places is this further consequence. The transfer continually going on from one office to another render it impossible to know at any moment, when provision for the...
4To George Washington from Benjamin Hawkins, 20 February 1793 (Washington Papers)
There being a proba[bi]lity that an accommodation of our differences with the Northwestern Indians is to be effected by treaty in the course of the expected negotiations with them: Or their enmity placed in so strong a point of view, as to endure a general acquiescence in the measures, which must of necessity be persued, by the government, to compell them to embrace such equitable terms, as...
5To George Washington from Thomas Jefferson, 20 February 1793 (Washington Papers)
Th: Jefferson, with his respects to the President, has the honor of inclosing him a letter he proposes to send to the Speaker today, if approved by the President: also the translation of some papers given him by mister Ternant three or four days ago, which he has not before had time to prepare: also extract of a private letter from mister Short. Th: J. will have the honor of waiting on the...
6Thomas Jefferson’s Notes on a Conversation with Washington, 20 February 1793 (Washington Papers)
I had 5. or 6. days ago received from Ternant extracts from the lettres of his ministers, complaing of both G. Morris & mister Short. I sent them this day to the Presidt with an extract from a private lettre of mister Short’s justifying himself, & I called this eveng on the Presidt. he said he considd the extracts from Ternant as very serious, in short as decisive: that he saw that G. Morris...
7From George Washington to William Paterson, 20 February 1793 (Washington Papers)
The resignation of Mr Johnson, one of the Associate Judges, having occasioned a vacancy on the bench of the Supreme Court of the United States, it is incumbent upon me to bring forward a suitable Character to fill that place. In performing this part of my duty, I think it necessary to select a person who is not only professionally qualified to discharge that important trust, but one who is...
8David Sewall to Tobias Lear, 20 February 1793 (Washington Papers)
From some News paper publications, and which in this instance are probably true, Henry Dearbourn Esqr., the Marshall of this district, is Elected a Member of Congress, and should he accept, as there is no great doubt he will, if he is chose, That office will become vacant. The office is by no means lucrative: yet when offices of almost any kind are vacant, there are generally Persons enough...
9To George Washington from Anthony Whitting, 20 February 1793 (Washington Papers)
Your Letter of the 10th reach’d Alexandria on Sunday last came to hand by Peter on Monday. Was I imagine detain’d from the waters being impassable I never saw the Land so wett as at present it raind the Whole Day Yesterday & last night or rather this Morning about two oClock we had the hardest rain I ever saw The Mill race is again broke The Roads allmost impassable The Whole surface where the...
10To Thomas Jefferson from Caleb Alexander, 20 February 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
Mendon, Massachusetts, 20 Feb. 1793 . In compliance with the copyright law he sends a copy of his book, “A Grammatical system of the English language: comprehending a plain and familiar scheme of teaching young gentlemen and ladies the art of speaking and writing correctly their native tongue.” Before publication the book was properly entered by Mr. Goodale, clerk of the Massachusetts district...