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[ New York, July 10, 1795. On July 10, 1795, Thurston and Company wrote to Hamilton : “Your polite favor of this days date have receivd.” Letter not found. ] Thurston was a New York City merchant. As entries in H’s Cash Book, 1795–1804, show, H frequently served as an attorney for Thurston ( AD , Hamilton Papers, Library of Congress; also in Goebel, Law Practice Julius Goebel, Jr., ed., The...
New York, July 10, 1795. “Your polite favor of this days date have receivd, the suit you mention being committed against Messrs. Murry & Mumford for Insurance in the Schooner Swift, the event of which we will abide by, and in proportion as we are subscribers to that pollacy with Messrs. Murry & Mumford, so will pay to you as you recover from them….” LS , Hamilton Papers, Library of Congress....
[ New York, July 10, 1795. On July 13, 1795, Washington wrote to Hamilton : “I have … been duly favored with your letters of the 9th, accompanying your observations on the several articles of the treaty with Great Britain, and the 10th. supplimentary thereto.” Letter of July 10 not found. ] This letter, which was written in reply to Washington to H, July 3, 1795 , was one of three letters...
I have recd. your several Letters dated June 22d. 26th. 30th. & the 2nd. current. The non publication of the Treaty, was a measure not consistent with my first impressions & expectations. It was not however left by the Senate in the manner you suppose. Their resolution indeed evinces the contrary—& the Executive must in addition to whatever difficulties would have attended a publication, if...
3995[Diary entry: 10 July 1795] (Washington Papers)
10. Very sultry, with little or no Wind.
Letter not found: from Alexander Hamilton, 10 July 1795. On 13 July, GW wrote Hamilton: “I have, in the regular course of the Posts, been duly favored with your letters of the 9th, accompanying your observations on the several articles of the treaty with Great Britain, and of the 10th supplimentary thereto.”
Your letter of the 9th of March, and the works which accompanied it, I have had the pleasure to rec⟨eive⟩—but not that of seeing Mr Wilson; wh⟨o⟩ either from his own engagements, or knowledge he obtained of mine, must have been prevented from calling. For the books I thank you. You much over rate any civilities which chance may have enabled me to shew you in the course of the War between Great...
E. Randolph has the honor of sending to the President the draft of a letter to Mr Jaudenes in answer to his, respecting the Georgia sales—The papers, which he sent E.R. are (besides his letter, which I read to the President) a letter from the baron de Carondelet, enclosing one from his correspondent in Charleston, and the acts of Georgia translated into Spanish. They all go to the single point...
I could not omit so favorable an opportunity, as the departure of Mr Strickland affords me, of presenting my best respects to you; and my sincere thanks for the views of Agriculture in the different counties of Great Britain, which you have had the goodness to send me. and for the Diploma (received by the hands of Mr Jay) admitting me a foreign honorary member of the board of Agriculture. For...
A very old and worthy friend of mine, Mr Christopher Richmond, received from me, some months ago, a copy of a new work, “The Elements and Practice of Rigging, Seamanship, and Naval Tactics.” Thinking it would serve my interest, he introduced it to the notice of the War Department of your United States; and it became, as I understand, an official deposit there. He since suggested to me, that I...
I expected that Kinsolving’s money would by this time have been brought in to remit to you. He confessed judgment on both bonds with a stay of execution, and in the spring brought me his tobacco notes to sell for him and receive the money. Not liking to do this I left it to himself to sell them and bring the order for the money. I have not heard from him since, tho’ those who know him assure...
I have perhaps to solicit your forgiveness for the freedom I have used in not having immediately transmitted the inclosed, upon my arrival in the United States. My apology is—that I received it in circumstances which were inconsistent with the supposition of dispatch being requisite. Entertaining likewise not a distant hope of having it in my power to be the Bearer of the letter to Virginia, I...
[ New York, July 9, 1795. On July 13, 1795, Washington wrote to Hamilton : “I have … been duly favored with your letters of the 9th, accompanying your observations on the several articles of the treaty with Great Britain, and the 10th. supplimentary thereto. Letter of July 9 not found. ] This letter, which was written in reply to Washington to H, July 3, 1795 , was one of three letters which H...
4004[Diary entry: 9 July 1795] (Washington Papers)
9. Much as yesterday.
By Mr Jay I had the honor to receive your Lordships favor of the 9th of April, accompanying your treatise “on the intimate connection that subsists between agriculture and chemistry.” The work must be curious and interesting, and for your goodness in sending it to me, I pray your Lordship to accept the best thanks of your most Obedient and Obliged Hble Servant ALS (letterpress copy), DLC:GW ;...
Letter not found: from Alexander Hamilton, 9 July 1795. On 13 July, GW wrote Hamilton: “I have, in the regular course of the Posts, been duly favored with your letters of the 9th, accompanying your observations on the several articles of the treaty with Great Britain, and of the 10th supplimentary thereto.”
The Secretary of War requests Mr Dandridge to lay before the President the inclosed letter of John Parker Hale, lieutenant in the corps of artillerists and engineers, desiring to resign. From the information heretofore received by the Secretary, the resignation is not to be regretted. Mr Hale wishes to leave town to-morrow morning. AL , DLC:GW ; LB , DLC:GW . Also on this date John Harris,...
The Secretary of the Treasury respectfully transmits to the President of the United States, a Letter from the Commissioner of the Revenue dated the 7th instant, covering proposals by Thomas Dodge and Jonathan Beck junior dated at Newbury Port on the 16th of June 1795 for erecting a Lighthouse on Plumb-Island in Massachusetts. It appears that the same persons proposed in May 1794 to erect the...
About three months have elapsed since I received information by Letters from America, of the distressing trial you were called to endure, and the heavy affliction you sustained so soon after my departure from my native land. The intelligence affected me sensibly not only from the disposition to sympathize with your sorrows, but because I felt the loss myself of a friend, whose affections were...
4010[Diary entry: 8 July 1795] (Washington Papers)
8. Southerly & warm—but little Wind.
Mr Hugh Thompson of Baltimore who Married Miss Sprigg has purchased Doctr Stewarts Part of Wodstock Mannor, & I find he is desirous to purchase Yours, he gave Doctr Stewart 8 Dollars ⅌ Acre & from Conversation I have had with him, I am of Opinion he will give you ten Dollars ⅌ Acre Cash, if you are disposed to part with this property I will mention it to him; & If I can be serviceable in the...
Possessing no official situation which entitles me to offer my sentiments on political measures I may possibly be deemed intrusive when I offer my unasked advice. But Sir feeling the same ardent love for my country which has so freequently in times of danger & difficulty served as an appology for my letters, I still presume, without any other than that which arises from my solicitude in the...
In Compliance with the Request of Sir John Sinclair I have the Pleasure of transmitting to you herewith enclosed a Book which I recd. from him two Days ago. As it is now probable that Col. Smith will meet with a greater number of opportunities of sending it than will occur to me, I shall take the Liberty of committing it to his care— Be pleased to present Mrs. Jay & my best Compts. to Mrs....
[ New York, July 7, 1795. On July 20, 1795, Morris wrote to Hamilton and referred to “your letter of the 7th of July.” Letter not found. ]
Your letter of yesterday is this moment received. Not a line from Mr Pinckney. I fancy he left London for Madrid about the 8th. or 10th. of May. Nor has the government any thing but Newspaper accounts of the order you allude to. Yours ever & Affectly ALS , Hamilton Papers, Library of Congress. Letter not found. On November 24, 1794, Thomas Pinckney, who had been United States Minister...
4016[Diary entry: 7 July 1795] (Washington Papers)
7. Cool morning—fresh No. Wind all day.
Your letter of yesterday is this moment received. Not a line from Mr Pinckney. I fancy he left London for Madrid about the 8th or 10th of May —Nor has the government any thing but News-paper accounts of the order you allude to. Yours ever & Affectly ALS , DLC : Alexander Hamilton Papers. This letter has not been found. Thomas Pinckney left England for Spain on 11 May. The British order in...
The Secretary of War respectfully lays before the President of the U. States the draught of a speech to the Chickasaws and Choctaws now in Philadelphia, as representatives, the former of their nation—the latter of the Five Upper Towns. The Indians will be held ready to wait on the President at any hour he shall be pleased to receive them, upon notice this evening or to-morrow morning, of the...
E. Randolph, with respectful compliments to the President, feeling himself better to-day, has accepted Mr Adet’s proposal of a meeting this morning, which has been deferred by Mr Adet’s indisposition once, his mistake a second time, and E.R.’s disorder a third day —I shall see him at 9 o’clock. Unless the President shall contradict it, Colin Williamson’s letter will be sent to the...
I this morning received the inclosed letter. It relates to a subject, which, notwithstanding the suggestions of Mr King, Mr Burr, Mr Bradford and some other gentlemen, I positively forbid to be mentioned to you. Why I forbid it, the reasons are very, very many; for altho’ the wish of the most respectable of the bar in this city might have seemed to countenance it; yet One reason overpowered in...