1To George Washington from Achmed Ben Aly, 12 March 1795 (Washington Papers)
I have been these four Months in this city without having the Honor of addressing you, about five weeks ago I delivered to the Minister of State a Letter containing a true statement of my Misfortunes & present Situation to be Laid before You. The Spanish ambassador having been kind enough to provide for my Passage to Spain &a, I must in complyance with his orders Set out to Morrow Morning for...
2To George Washington from John Jacob Ulrich Rivardi, 12 March 1795 (Washington Papers)
Permit me to express to your Excellency my warmest thanks for the appointment which you have honored me with; Such a distinguished token of confidence from you flatters me more than if it had been conferred by the greatest Potentate of Europe. I shall always be proud of Serving under your Excellency’s auspices & hope on your indulgence respecting Some circumstances, which in my present...
3To George Washington from James Montgomery, 12 March 1795 (Washington Papers)
I beg leave to resign my Commission as Captain of the Revenue Cutter as the Base and unprecedented treatment I have received from the Collector has been such that it is unless redressed incompatible with the feelings of a Man of Honour and a Gentleman to submit to Conscious of having never deviated in the Smallest instance from the strictest Duty (and my abilities are certainly not to be...
4To George Washington from William Thornton, 12 March 1795 (Washington Papers)
I have laid before my Colleagues my Sentiments relative to the propriety of raising the foundation of the Capitol, and in requesting your Attention to this Subject I comply with their desire as well as gratify my own wish to know your pleasure concerning it, that in pursuing our Duty we may proceed under the Sanction of your approbation. It is to be lamented that the Capitol was placed so far...