1To Alexander Hamilton from Winthrop Sargent, 28 October 1793 (Hamilton Papers)
Again I presume to solicit your attention to my petition refered to you by Congress, in their session of 1790 for report. My Distresses from the Delay in this Business have been considerable, from calculating upon an Addition of Salery I have accumulated Expenses in the Discharge of my public Duties trusting to that Provision, which I flattered myself would long since have been made therefor....
2To Thomas Jefferson from Enoch Edwards, 28 October 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
Since my Arival in England as I promised so I have frequently written to You and given You such Information as I thought worthy of your Attention. I mentioned to you heretofore the Accident (a Fall Mrs: Edwards received from a Carriage) that prevented my going immediately to the Continent. We were also induced to stay ’till Fall in Consequence of a Determination Mrs: Pinckney had come to, to...
3To Thomas Jefferson from Benjamin Hawkins, 28 October 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
For the first time my dear sir, I have an opportunity direct for your house. Micajah Childs called on me this evening on his return to Charlottsville. I avail myself of it by his permission to send you some grape vines. No. 1 Burgundy, called Millers Burgundy, the berries oval and black, the leaves covered with a hoary down. 2 Auvorna second Burgundy or black Morillon esteemed the best of the...
4To James Madison from Edmund Randolph, 28 October 1793 (Madison Papers)
I am satisfied, that there will be great manœuvring about the place of congress for the next session. New-York seemingly declines a visit from them; but steps are taken to distract preparations in this state, and produce a kind of necessity to go thither, as being the only spot, where accommodations can be found at short notice. A precedent, too is much wished by some, for violating the...
5To George Washington from Philip Richard Fendall, 28 October 1793 (Washington Papers)
The office of Surveyor of this District being vacant, by the resignation of Mr S. Hanson; I take the liberty of recommending Mr Vincent Gray to you as his Successour. Mr Gray has acted as deputy Collector for several years, and his conduct has been such as to give the highest satisfication to the Mercantile interest. I am so well convinced of his integrity and knowledge of the business that I...
6To George Washington from Edmund Randolph, 28 October 1793 (Washington Papers)
By the time, when this letter is delivered to you by Major Lenox, you will have received the different letters, which I forwarded to you at Baltimore and Elkton, stating, among other things, what I had done concerning your lodgings. Colo. Franks not being in town, and his agent not being willing to let the house for any period, short of six months, I could not combine the objects, which you...
7To George Washington from “A Citizen of Virginia”, 28 October 1793 (Washington Papers)
The question, no doubt, has often occurred to you; “where will the Congress meet”? “by their adjournment,” which is law to them, at Philadelphia; but, by a physical necessity, more injurious, than law itself, at Philadelphia, they cannot meet. you, Sir, as President of the United States, by the impolitic and narrow jealousy of the Constitution, have a right to convene Congress; but, not to...
8To George Washington from Timothy Pickering, 28 October 1793 (Washington Papers)
I have the pleasure to inform you that the mortal fever which has raged in this city, is prodigiously reduced. A fortnight ago, from 10 to 14 were daily buried in Friends ’ burying ground: but in the last Five days only three in the whole have been buried there. Among the German Lutherans, the reduction appears by the following list— Oct. 22d buried 19 23 —— 10 24 —— 8
9Enclosure II: Drawing of the Cotton Gin, 28 October 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
Tr ( GEpFAR : RG 21, U.S. Circuit Court, District of Georgia, Savannah, Mixed Cases); copy made from lost original, with minor copying errors as evidenced by the omission of several reference points in Enclosure I above; certified by Secretary of State James Madison on 27 Apr. 1804 (see note to Enclosure i above). A drawing made at the Patent Office on 18 Mch. 1845 and signed by Commissioner...
10Enclosure I: Long Description of the Cotton Gin, 28 October 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
A Description of a New Invented Cotton Gin: or Machine for cleansing and separating Cotton from its seeds. This Machine may be described under five divisions, corresponding to its five principal parts: Viz: 1. The Frame, 2. The Cylinder; 3 The Breastwork; 4 The clearer, and 5 The Hopper. I. The frame, by which the whole work is supported and kept together, ought to be made of well seasoned...