1From George Washington to Gustavus Scott, 17 May 1795 (Washington Papers)
I have been duly favored with your letter of the 11th instt. I thank you for bringing the negotiation with Mr Peter to a close, & for effectuating the transfer of the remaining lots in square No. ⟨21⟩ to me agreeably thereto. Mr Lear will make the first payment therfor, according to contract. I am much obliged by your kind enquiry into the value of the land I hold on Difficult run, although...
2From George Washington to Gustavus Scott, 20 December 1795 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: to Gustavus Scott, 20 Dec. 1795 . Scott wrote GW on 23 Dec.: “I had the Honor of your favor of the 20th.”
3From George Washington to Gustavus Scott, 25 May 1796 (Washington Papers)
Your favor of the 20th inst: came to hand yesterday. I have neither received, nor heard of an Address from the Proprietors of the Federal City. Nor do I know any more of Mr Law’s sentiments relative to the concerns of it, than I do of Tippo Saib’s. The ideas conveyed in my last to the Commissioners (dated the 22d) are not of recent adoption. They are as old as the change which took place in...
4From George Washington to Gustavus Scott, 4 July 1796 (Washington Papers)
If the public dispatches which I receive, & am obliged to answer by every Post, would permit; I would go more into detail, & explanation of the subject of your last (seperate) letter, than it is possible for me to do at present. I will not, however, let it pass without some further expression of my ideas; & the understanding I always had of your entrance into the Office you now hold, in the...
5From George Washington to Gustavus Scott, 26 December 1796 (Washington Papers)
Your favour of the 15th instt was not received until the 22d. To what the delay is to be ascribed, I know not. The voice of Maryland, as expressed by its legislature, in the Resolutions which you enclosed, is flattering indeed, as it respects myself, personally; and highly pleasing as it relates to their federal sentiments—I thank you for sendg them. From what you have said of the disposition...