1011To Thomas Jefferson from —— Galvan, 21 September 1796 (Jefferson Papers)
Les égards que l’on doit au Merite et a un cytoyen comme vous, m’ont fait arretter aujourd’huy pour avoir L’honneur de vous assurer en personne de mon profond Respect; Jay eté malheureux en ne vous trouvant pas Chez vous ou jaurais volontiers demeurer a vous attendre, Si javais eté maitre de m’arretter aussy long tems que je l’eusse Désiré; mais mes jours de Marche Sont comptés, et J’ay des...
1012To Thomas Jefferson from John Garland Jefferson, 21 September 1796 (Jefferson Papers)
Agreeable to your request I have examined the office of Lunenburg , and find that no conveyance was executed, by your father, or rather recorded in the Court of that County, between the year 1750. and 1757. I find from the Clerk of the County, that in 1752. Halifax was taken from Lunenburg , and Bedford in the year 1754. The Clerk supposes that the land in question, lies in the County of...
1013To Alexander Hamilton from Hall and Stimpson, 20 September 1796 (Hamilton Papers)
[ Boston, September 20, 1796. On October 24, 1796, Hall and Stimpson wrote to Hamilton : “We wrote you the 20th. Septr.” Letter not found. ] James Hall and Charles Stimpson were partners in a mercantile firm located at No. 67, Long Wharf, Boston.
1014From Alexander Hamilton to John Steele, 20 September 1796 (Hamilton Papers)
[ New York, September 20, 1796. On September 23, 1796, Steele wrote to Hamilton : “I have the honor to acknowledge your letter of the 20th. inst.” Letter not found. ] On July 1, 1796, when Congress was not in session, Timothy Pickering informed John Steele, a Federalist member of the House of Representatives from North Carolina from 1789 to 1793, of his appointment as comptroller of the...
1015To George Washington from Edward Lynch, 20 September 1796 (Washington Papers)
Having seen a Publication in the Baltimore newspaper of your intended resignation of being President of the United states I observed it with great regret and so did many others that you shold resign being the chief Majistrate of our Country. My Father who fought with others under you feel very unhappy on the occasion in the late happy Revolution in support of the Liberty of our country. The...
1016To George Washington from Timothy Pickering, 20 September 1796 (Washington Papers)
Yesterday I received from Mr Monroe a letter dated the 12th of June, from which we may conclude that the complaints of the French Republic, which had been the subject of his former letters, will not be renewed. But it may be more satisfactory to read Mr Monroes own words at length; and therefore I inclose an extract from his letter, being the only thing interesting in it. Mr Craik will present...
1017To George Washington from Timothy Pickering, 20 September 1796 (Washington Papers)
I have just received a letter dated the 17th from Judge Benson: He accepts the place of third Commissioner under the fifth article of the British treaty, and was to set out yesterday for Passamaquoddy, to meet there the other Commissioners on the third of October. The trust, he remarks, is not incompatible with his present office; and interfering with it only for a short time, his acceptance...
1018To James Madison from James Monroe, 20 September 1796 (Madison Papers)
It is hinted to me by a person lately from London that it was said there I presume by King or Gore or both that Fulton had mentioned me in some correspondence hence to the United States perhaps with Governor Blount as being friendly to their interest, and which has got into Timothy’s hands and is considered by that enlightened statesman & his friends as a proof [of] a conspiracy—when this man...
1019To John Adams from Timothy Pickering, 19 September 1796 (Adams Papers)
The President set out early this morning for Mount Vernon; and soon after, his address to the people of the United States appeared in Claypoole’s news-paper. Of this public declaration, that he will not be a candidate for the office of President, at the ensuing election, I supposed it would be grateful to you to receive the earliest advice. The sentiments he has expressed on the occasion may...
1020Farewell Address, 19 September 1796 (Washington Papers)
The period for a new election of a Citizen, to Administer the Executive government of the United States, being not far distant, and the time actually arrived, when your thoughts must be employed in designating the person, who is to be cloathed with that important trust, it appears to me proper, especially as it may conduce to a more distinct expression of the public voice, that I should now...