31To Alexander Hamilton from George Washington, [15 March 1799] (Hamilton Papers)
[Mount Vernon, March 15, 1799. Letter not found.] “List of Letters from G—— Washington to General Hamilton,” Columbia University Libraries.
32From George Washington to Bartholomew Dandridge, 26 June 1799 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: to Bartholomew Dandridge, 26 June 1799. On 17 Oct. Dandridge wrote from London thanking GW for his “very Kind letter of the 26. June.”
33From George Washington to Bennett & Watts Co., 12 May 1798 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: to Bennett & Watts Co., 12 May 1798. Sotheby Parke-Bernet in catalog 4158, item 213, advertises a five-line letter to Bennett & Watts Co. in which GW sent for “half a pound of best Indigo, & a stock lock of middling size and quality.”
34From George Washington to John Trumbull, 10 December 1798 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: to John Trumbull, 10 Dec. 1798. On 24 Mar. 1799, Trumbull wrote GW : “I have duly received the Letter which you did me the honour to write on the 10th Decr last.”
35From George Washington to Thompson & Veitch, 20 July 1798 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: to Thompson & Veitch, 20 July 1798. On 30 July Thompson & Veitch wrote GW : “We are favoured with yours of the 20th Instant.”
36From George Washington to William Booker, 22 June 1798 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: to William Booker, 22 June 1798. On 6 July Booker wrote GW : “I receivd your Letter of the 22 Ulto.”
37To Alexander Hamilton from George Washington, [14 September 1798] (Hamilton Papers)
[ Mount Vernon, September 14, 1798. Letter not found. ] “List of Letters from G—— Washington to General Hamilton,” Columbia University Libraries.
38To Alexander Hamilton from George Washington, [11 August 1799] (Hamilton Papers)
[ Mount Vernon, August 11, 1799. Letter not found. ] “List of Letters from G—— Washington to General Hamilton,” Columbia University Libraries.
39From George Washington to Thomas Peter, 1 February 1799 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: to Thomas Peter, 1 Feb. 1799. On 1 Feb. Peter wrote GW : “Your esteemed favor of this date” arrived.
40From George Washington to George Ball, 6 March 1797 (Washington Papers)
Enclosed is the copy of a letter I wrote to you in answer to yours from Lancaster, & to that place directed it supposing your residence to be in that County. This letter will be directed to the care of the Postmaster in Fredericksburgh, but as you are not particular in designating the place at which you are to be found, it may not, any more than the former, find its way to you. The receipt of...
41From George Washington to Clement Biddle, 28 February 1798 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: to Clement Biddle, 28 Feb. 1798. On 3 Mar. GW wrote to Biddle of “writing to you on the 27th & 28th Ulto.”
42To Alexander Hamilton from George Washington, [4 March 1799] (Hamilton Papers)
[Mount Vernon, March 4, 1799. Letter not found.] “List of Letters from G——Washington to General Hamilton,” Columbia University Libraries.
43To Alexander Hamilton from George Washington, 27 March 1798 (Hamilton Papers)
[ Mount Vernon, March 27, 1798. Letter not found. ] “List of Letters from G—— Washington to General Hamilton,” Columbia University Libraries.
44From George Washington to John Marsden Pintard, 13 January 1799 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: to John Marsden Pintard, 13 Jan. 1799. On 22 June 1799 GW wrote Elias Boudinot that he had “written to Mr Pintard on the 13th of January.”
45From George Washington to James Craik, 30 November 1797 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: to James Craik, 30 Nov. 1797. On 1 Dec. Craik wrote GW : “Every Since the rect of your Letter yesterday. . . .”
46From George Washington to Benjamin Lincoln, 22 May 1799 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: to Benjamin Lincoln, 22 May 1799. American Book-Prices Current (1964), 70:884, records that this letter “introducing a Mr. Ralph Wormeley” was sold by Christie, Manson & Woods on 19 Dec. 1963, item no. 241.
47From George Washington to James Mease McRea, 4 August 1798 (Washington Papers)
The letters enclosed, were sent up to your Office yesterday afternoon, and were returned to me. It is not the first, nor second time I have been served in this manner; but it may be considered as an evidence of the inattention with which the duties of your Office are discharged. I am Sir Your Hble Servant ALS (letterpress copy), DLC:GW . James Mease McRea (c.1765-1809) served as postmaster at...
48From George Washington to George Washington Motier Lafayette, 25 December 1798 (Washington Papers)
Having written a long letter to General La Fayette I shall write but a short one to you; and it shall relate principally, if not altogether, to domestic concerns. At the time you left this country you could not, less than I did, believe that in the course of events any occurrence could arise, which would again take me from the walks of Mount Ver[no]n—But the injuries we have received, and are...
49To Alexander Hamilton from George Washington, 5 July 1798 (Hamilton Papers)
[ Mount Vernon, July 5, 1798. Letter not found. ] “List of Letters from G—— Washington to General Hamilton,” Columbia University Libraries.
50From George Washington to William Thornton, 7 October 1797 (Washington Papers)
Genl Washington presents his compliments to Doctr Thornton. Mrs Washington recollecting her promise of saving him a few of the Spanish Chesnuts, some are now sent. They are immediately from the tree, & should, without delay, be planted where they are intended to remain—or put into a box with earth, otherwise they will soon get hard and worm eaten, & the vegetation be prevented. AL , DLC :...
51From George Washington to John Greenwood, 3 November 1798 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: to John Greenwood, 3 Nov. 1798. When writing to Greenwood on 5 Nov. , GW referred to “my last of the 3d instant.”
52From George Washington to Wilson Allen, 26 May 1799 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: to Wilson Allen, 26 May. On 29 May Allen wrote GW that he had received “Your letter of date the 26th inst.”
53From George Washington to Elizabeth Willing Powel, 1 December 1798 (Washington Papers)
General Washington presents his best wishes, and affectionate compliments to Mrs Powell. If Mrs Powell is not otherwise engaged, G.W. will have the pleasure of breakfasting with her tomorrow, at her usual hour, if named to him. AL , ViMtvL . See GW to Elizabeth Willing Powel, 17 Nov., n.2 .
54From George Washington to Thomas Parker, 28 October 1799 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: to Thomas Parker, 28 Oct. 1799. On 31 Oct. Parker wrote : “I last evening Received your letters of the 26th 27th & 28th Instant.”
55From George Washington to Georgetown Postmaster, 21 May 1798 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: to Georgetown Postmaster, 21 May 1798. The letter is listed in James F. Drake’s catalog no. 112, item 165, 1918.
56From George Washington to John Marsden Pintard, 22 June 1799 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: to John Marsden Pintard, 22 June 1799. On 22 June GW forwarded to Elias Boudinot the original and duplicate of “a letter of this date” addressed to Pintard.
57From George Washington to Thomas Peter, 25 July 1798 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: to Thomas Peter, 25 July 1798. On 28 July Thomas Peter wrote GW : “I have received your two Letters of the 15th & 25th Current.”
58From George Washington to Daniel Marshal, 7 July 1799 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: to Daniel Marshal, 7 July 1799. In the docket of Daniel Marshal’s letter to GW of 30 June , Lear wrote “acknowledged July 7:99.” King V. Hostick advertised the ALS for sale in 1962 under the date of 5 July.
59From George Washington to William Wilson, 10 November 1797 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: to William Wilson, 10 Nov. 1797. On 10 Nov. Wilson wrote GW : “I had the honor of receiving Your letter of this date.”
60From George Washington to George Washington Parke Custis, 4 June 1797 (Washington Papers)
Your letter of the 29th Ulto came to hand by the Post of Friday, and eased my mind of many unpleasant Sensations, and reflections on your account. It has indeed done more, it has filled it with pleasure, more easy to be conceived than expressed; and if your sorrow, and repentence for the disquietudes occasioned by the preceeding letter, and your resolution to abandon the ideas which were...