1From Samuel A. Otis to Bartholomew Dandridge, Jr., 8 April 1795 (Washington Papers)
I return you the book containing a copy of the proceedings of the Senate in their Executive capacity, which I am ordered to lay before the President of the U. States. I have the honor to be Your most humble Sert ALS , DNA : RG 59, Miscellaneous Letters. The Third Congress, second session, sat from 3 November 1794 to 3 March 1795.
2To Thomas Jefferson from Samuel A. Otis, 13 June 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
Philadelphia, 13 June 1793 . This morning he received an application from his son Samuel A. Otis to the President asking for the consulship at Saint-Domingue. As the business concerns TJ’s department, his support will oblige him and his son, who served his apprenticeship in Cap-Français, knows the country’s language and modes of doing business, and is esteemed and generally applied to by...
3To Alexander Hamilton from Samuel A. Otis, 8 June 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
[ Philadelphia, June 8, 1792. On June 8, 1792, Hamilton wrote to Otis : “I am to acknowledge the receipt of your favor of this date.” Letter not found. ] Otis, who was secretary of the Senate, was the younger brother of James Otis and the father of Harrison Gray Otis.
4To George Washington from Samuel A. Otis, 12 March 1790 (Washington Papers)
Permit me to state a few facts relative to the Impost for the District of Barnstable for your consideration. First. the District, comprehending all the towns in the County except one, is sixty miles in length and wholly maritime, abounding in harbours and inlets on all sides, and requires the constant vigilance of the Collector; For in no district can smuggling be effected with more facility....
5To George Washington from Samuel A. Otis, 3 September 1789 (Washington Papers)
Permit me, Sir, encouraged by your indulgence to solicit the appointment of my Son, Harrison G. Otis, to be Attorney for the district of Massachusetts, being a practitioner of Reputation in the Supreme judicial Courts of the State, qualified for the business, and high in the estimation of his fellow Citizens. Sensible that he has no dependence for his advancement in life on any thing but his...