3701The Defence No. VIII, [15 August 1795], with enclosure (Hamilton Papers)
One of the particulars in which our Envoy is alleged to have fallen short of what might and ought to have been done respects the time for the surrender of the Western posts. It is alleged, that there ought either to have been an immediate surrender or some guarantee or surety for the performance of the new promise. Both parts of the alternative presuppose that Great Britain was to have no will...
3702Enclosure: [Account of Peltries Exported from Canada], [15 August 1795] (Hamilton Papers)
1786 1787 Beaverskins 116,509 139,509 Martinskins 58,132 68,132 Otters Do 26,330 26,330. Minks Do 9,951 17,951 Fishers Do 5,813 5,813 Foxes Do 6,213 8,913
3703Hamilton-Oneida Academy Mortgage, [15 August 1795] (Hamilton Papers)
[ August 15, 1795. ] “Be it remembered that on the fifteenth day of August in the Year one thousand seven hundred and ninety five, The Trustees of Hamilton Oneida Academy, to wit Alexander Hamilton, Eli Bristoll, Erastus Clark, James Dean, Moses Foot, Sewall Hopkins, Thomas R. Gold, Michael Myers, Jonas Platt, Jedediah Sanger, John Sergeant, Timothy Tuttle, Samuel Wells, Asahel S. Norton and...
3704To Alexander Hamilton from Thomas and Richard Lee and Son, 15 August 1795 (Hamilton Papers)
Leeds [ England ] August 15, 1795 . Announces that the firm’s name has been changed to Richard Lee and Son. LS , Hamilton Papers, Library of Congress. The Lees were a firm of merchants in Leeds. H had served as their agent in the United States in the seventeen-eighties. See H’s Cash Book, March 1, 1782–1791, note 115 .
3705To Alexander Hamilton from Marquis de Rouvray, 15 August 1795 (Hamilton Papers)
New York, August 15, 1795 . States that in March, 1790, he gave Henri Jacques Guillaume Clarke, an agent of the Duke of Orleans, two “billets d’honneur” in the amount of twelve thousand livres to cover the cost of a debt incurred by his son for a commission as captain in the Hussars. Complains that Clarke’s suit, commenced in the United States to recover the amount of the notes, is not valid,...
3706To Alexander Hamilton from Oliver Wolcott, Junior, 15 August 1795 (Hamilton Papers)
The President has decided that the Treaty shall be ratified & transmitted for exchange immediately and in my opinion he has decided right. I regret that this was not done long since, as I presume much of the party spirit which has been excited would have been prevented. A government like ours can rarely take a middle course on any point which interests the public feelings—delay for whatever...
3707[Diary entry: 15 August 1795] (Washington Papers)
15. Do. No. Easterly—cool & clear.
3708To George Washington from Cheraws District, S.C., Citizens, 15 August 1795 (Washington Papers)
The petition and remonstrance of the Citizens of the United States of America inhabitants of Cheraw district in the state of South Carolina. Respectfully Sheweth That your petitioners sincerely attached to the interest and welfare of their Country. have duly Considered the treaty of Amity Commerce & Navigation between the United States of America & Great Britain entered into at London on the...
3709To George Washington from Morris County, N.J., Citizens, c.15 August 1795 (Washington Papers)
To the President of the United States of America. The Petition and Remonstrance of the Inhabitants of the County of Morris, in New Jersey, Sheweth— That Your Petitioners having maturely considered the treaty of Amity, navigation and commerce, proposed to be established between the United States and Great Britain, do humbly conceive the same is not founded on those principles of equal justice...
3710To George Washington from Edward Newenham, 15 August 1795 (Washington Papers)
I need not say much in favor of my old Friend, Mr James Napper Tandy, who will have the Honor to deliver this Letter to your Excellency; His Character & Principles are well Known on Both Sides the Atlantic. He was among the Foremost in this Kingdom, particularily in the City of Dublin to Support the Just Rights of your Glorious & Happy Fellow-Citizens—he Succesfully opposed the Introduction of...
3711To George Washington from Daniel Carroll, 13 September 1795 (Washington Papers)
The observations herewith, respecting the City of Washington, shou’d have been handed to you sooner, but I found myself so much oppress’d by my nervous complaints during the hot season; that I had little Spirit, or ability to enter on the Subject—What you now have, were put together under those circumstances, in the state they are—I shall delay no further forwarding them, not so much from an...
3712Enclosure: To George Washington From Daniel Carroll, 15 August 1795 (Washington Papers)
You have reason to expect some reflections from me respecting the City of Washington; if any I shall submit appear of weight, I have to request that they be suggested in any other manner than as comeing from me. It haveing been determind to prepare the two Wings of the Capitol, I submit whether it woud not be prudent to apply the chief force of the work to the Wing which is for the...
3713Abigail Adams to Abigail Adams Smith, 14 August 1795 (Adams Papers)
I quitted you with a heavy heart with many reflections upon my mind known only to myself. You ask me why I choose to be separated from my children? To see my children happy around me would be a felicity to me which Providence does not see fit to grant me— Some are called to act their part in a foreign land— Others are destined to live at a distance where our intercourse must be chiefly by...
3714[Diary entry: 14 August 1795] (Washington Papers)
14. Do. Do. Do. Cooler.
3715To John Jay from Timothy Pickering, 14 August 1795 (Jay Papers)
No man can be more anxious for the fate of the treaty with Great Britain than you; and ^the^ wanton abuse heaped upon you by the enemies of their country, gives you a right to the earliest possible relief. The treaty will be ratified. This day the President finally sanctions a memorial announcing it to the British minister, M r . Hammond. The ratification will conform to the advice & consent...
3716[Diary entry: 13 August 1795] (Washington Papers)
13. Do. Do. Do. Rain in the Night.
3717To George Washington from Thomas Russell, 13 August 1795 (Washington Papers)
I have now the honor and the pleasure to Enclose to you a Copy of the Dissent of a number of the Citizens of Boston, to the doings of the Town, at their late meeting, relative to the Treaty with Britain; and also a Copy of the proceedings of the Boston Chamber of Commerce upon the same subject. The Instrument of dissent was signed only to Collect the Sentiments of the merchants & Traders,...
3718Proclamation on Yellow Fever, 13 August 1795 (Jay Papers)
Whereas his Excellency the late Governor of this State did on the twenty second day of August last issue a Proclamation in the words following Viz “Whereas there is reason to apprehend that New Orleans, and several of the W. India Islands, are infected with contagious distempers:—In order therefore to prevent the introduction of the same into this State, I do by these presents strictly...
3719To George Washington from William Pearce, 9–12 August 1795 (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from William Pearce, 9–12 Aug. 1795. GW wrote to Pearce on 16 Aug., “Your letter, begun on the 9th and ended on the 12th instt, with its several enclosures, came to my hands yesterday.”
3720The Defence No. VII, [12 August 1795] (Hamilton Papers)
The Second Article of the Treaty stipulates that his Britannic Majesty will withdraw all his troops and garrisons from all posts and places within the boundary lines assigned by the Treaty of Peace to the U States; and that this evacuation shall take place on or before the first day of June 1796—the United States in the mean time at their discretion extending their settlements to any part...
3721Philo Camillus No. 3, [12 August 1795] (Hamilton Papers)
For the Argus Cinna pursues his animadversions upon Camillus but he gives new proofs that he depends more on the prejudices than on the reason of his auditory. To represent Camillus as the abject apologist of Great Britain and the defamer of his own Country—to render him odious because he does not flatter and nourish public errors, but honestly and boldly tells his countrymen salutary though...
3722[Diary entry: 12 August 1795] (Washington Papers)
12. Wind Easterly cloudy & someti[mes] R[ain].
3723To George Washington from Thomas Marshall, 12 August 1795 (Washington Papers)
I was honord with your letter of the 25th of March last, and felt myself much flattered by your kind remembrance. I have paid the Taxes arising on two tra[c]ts of Land, one of 3000 As. and the other of 2000 now in your possission & formerly survey’d for John Saunders lying on Rough Creek now in Hardin County. The amount of Taxes for the years 1792 1793 & 1794 is £8.17.3. I have drawn on you...
3724From George Washington to William Pearce, 12 August 1795 (Washington Papers)
I forgot to ask you, what prospect there was of your saving clover seed, sufficient for your next years purposes? If it is a good one, there will be no occasion of buying, if it is not, the sooner I am informed thereof, the better. I hope you will, not only of this kind of seed, but of all others, endeavor to save as much as will answer my own demands, as the purchase of them falls heavy upon...
3725To George Washington from Sussex County, Va., Citizens, 12 August 1795 (Washington Papers)
At a numerous and respectable meeting of the inhabitants of Sussex County in the State of Virginia on Wednesday the 12th day of August 1795 for the purpose of investigating the proposed Treaty of Amity, commerce and navigation between his Britannic majesty and the United States of America, Citizen William Massenburg was unanimously chosen chairman and Citizen Michael Bailey Secretary to the...
3726From Thomas Jefferson to John Barnes, 12 August 1795 (Jefferson Papers)
This serves to advise you that I have this day drawn on you in favor of Robert Pollard or order for one thousand and ninety dollars seventy five cents at 30. days sight, which be pleased to honour. I will thank you to send me 6. ℔ of best young Hyson tea, also 100. panes of crown glass 12. inches square, to be addressed to the care of Colo. Gamble, Richmond, well packed in a single package. I...
3727From Thomas Jefferson to Joseph Donath, 12 August 1795 (Jefferson Papers)
I shall have occasion about midsummer of the next year for 250. panes of Bohemian glass of 18. inches square, of the middle of the three qualities as to thickness which you noted to me as costing in Philadelphia 20. cents per square foot. If you have constantly by you of that size and quality sufficient to supply me, when called for, it will be unnecessary for you to import it on purpose....
3728Notes for Account with John Barnes, [after 12 August 1795] (Jefferson Papers)
Note of Mr. Barnes’s Dr. & Cr. Dr. Cr. 1795 Apr. 14. Nett proceeds of 2800 } 6. pr. Cents 1093.89 int. to Apr. 1. 390.62 4132.22 By Pollard’s draughts 3600. Nett proceeds 2356.01 three pr. Cents } 2854.30
3729From Thomas Jefferson to Robert Pollard, 12 August 1795 (Jefferson Papers)
I have recieved your favor of the 9th. inst. and now inclose you a draught on Mr. Barnes for 1090.D. 75c. at 30. days sight for the purchase of Mr. Harrison’s six shares in the James river canal. You will be pleased to have the conveyance made to Mr. William Short. I think I shall stop here in the purchases of James river shares, unless you should know of any person who from particular...
3730For August [1795] (Washington Papers)
6th. Left home on my return to Philadelphia. Met the Potok. Co. at Geo. Town & lodged there. GW had expected to leave for Philadelphia on 3 Aug., stopping in Georgetown for the meeting of the Potowmack Company on that date. However, several weeks of rainy weather culminated in a bad storm and heavy rains on 2 and 3 Aug. which swelled the streams and washed out roads and bridges. GW then...
3731From Alexander Hamilton to the Editor of the Minerva, 11 August [1795] (Hamilton Papers)
The Editor of the Minerva having received information, through an authentic channel, that Mr. Pinckney, our Minister at London, had written to this Country in a manner, which indicated that he had been consulted by Mr. Jay on the subject of the Treaty lately negotiated with Great Britain, and that it had met with his approbation; felt himself warranted in stating these ideas to the public....
3732[Diary entry: 11 August 1795] (Washington Papers)
11. Cloudy & showery more or less.
3733[Diary entry: 11 August 1795] (Washington Papers)
11. Breakfasted at Chester and dined in Phila.
3734To George Washington from Caroline County, Va., Citizens, 11 August 1795 (Washington Papers)
At a numerous meeting of the citizens of Caroline County on Tuesday the eleventh day of August 1795, being court day, for the purpose of taking into consideration the proposed treaty between the United States, and the king of great Britain, the following protestation and petition was unanimously agreed to. We the citizens of the County of Caroline in the state of Virginia, do protest against...
3735From Thomas Jefferson to Thomas Mann Randolph, 11 August 1795 (Jefferson Papers)
I wrote to you by Doctr. Currie . We have no letter from you since that from Staunton: but we have heard by travellers of your having soon left the warm springs. Those who were sick here have recovered. The children are well, as is the rest of the family except Maria. A slight dysentery which has pervaded the neighborhood has attacked her. She is now in the 5th. day of it. We cannot see any...
3736From John Adams to George Washington, 10 August 1795 (Adams Papers)
The inclosed Letters No. 6. 7. 8 and 9, especially the last, contain Information of so much Importance that, although they are written in great confidential Freedom from a Son to a Father, I think it my Duty to transmit them to you. I beg the favour of having them returned to me at your Leisure by the Post. The unnatural Effervescence against the Treaty which broke out in Boston has made...
3737From Alexander Hamilton to Oliver Wolcott, Junior, 10 August 1795 (Hamilton Papers)
I have received your letter by Saturday’s Post. The one you inquire about was received. I incline very much to the opinion that this will be the proper course of conduct in reference to the order to seize our vessels with provisions (viz) to send to our Agent the Treaty ratified as advised by the Senate with this instruction—that if the order for seizing provisions is in force when he receives...
3738[Diary entry: 10 August 1795] (Washington Papers)
10. Very warm rain afternoon.
3739[Diary entry: 10 August 1795] (Washington Papers)
10. Breakfasted at Elkton—Dined at Newcastle and lodged at Wilmington.
3740To George Washington from John Adams, 10 August 1795 (Washington Papers)
The inclosed Letters No. 6. 7 8 and 9, especially the last, contain Information of so much Importance that, although they are written in great confidential Freedom from a Son to a Father, I think it my Duty to transmit them to you. I beg the favour of having them returned to me at your Leisure by the Post. The unnatural Effervescence against the Treaty which broke out in Boston has made little...
3741To George Washington from Bordentown, N.J., Citizens, 10 August 1795 (Washington Papers)
In Pursuance of public Notice duly given, Requesting the attendance of the Inhabitants of the several Towns of Bordentown, Crosswicks, Black Horse, Reckless Town, and their different Vicinities. To take into Consideration the pending Treaty between Great Britain, and the United States; a General and Numerous meeting was held, in Bordentown, on Saturday the Eighth Instant. Colo. Jos. Kirkbride...
3742From John Jay to the Indians of St. Regis, 10 August 1795 (Jay Papers)
Brothers I send you this Message to fulfil the Promise which the Agents for the State who met you in this City last Winter then made to you. Brothers This promise was that we would meet You on the Business of the Lands which you say belong to You. Brothers I now inform you that we will meet you and hold the proposed Treaty at Fort George at the South end of Lake George on the Eighteenth day of...
3743From James Madison to Robert R. Livingston, 10 August 1795 (Madison Papers)
Your favor of July 6, having been addressed to Williamsburg, instead of Orange Court House , did not come to hand till two days ago. Your gloomy picture of the Treaty does not exceed my ideas of it. After yielding terms which would have been scorned by this Country in the moment of its greatest embarrassments, & of G. Britains full enjoyment of peace & confidence, it adds to the ruinous...
3744To James Madison from George Joy, 10 August 1795 (Madison Papers)
I rec’d your favor of the 3rd. April with the Books you were so good to send me. I find in Mr: Tench Coxe’s Collection a deal of information not without some Error; and I hope for good Consequences from the manner in which the Western Insurrection was quelled. The possible Energy of our Government was not practically known before, and I hold it the more favorable specimen of this, that the...
3745[Diary entry: 9 August 1795] (Washington Papers)
9. Still very warm with clouds.
3746[Diary entry: 9 August 1795] (Washington Papers)
9. Breakfasted at Hartford dined at Susquehanna and lodged at Charles town. On this day GW probably stopped at John H. Barney’s tavern on the west bank of the Susquehanna River. On 17 Aug., GW’s cash memorandum notes “By a Bank bill of five dollars, sent Mr. Barney of Havre de grace, out of wch. to rec[eiv]e the ferriage I forgot to pay when I crossed on my last journey from Virga. the...
3747From George Washington to William Pearce, 9 August 1795 (Washington Papers)
The day before I left home, I rode by the field at Dogue run called Davy’s field—and intended to have had some further conversation with you on the subject of a second wheat field at that place this seeding time; but the suddenness of my departure prevented it. In looking at the field above mentioned, it did not strike me as sufficient, in addition to No. 5 for a wheaten crop at that farm (if...
3748To James Madison from Hubbard Taylor, 9 August 1795 (Madison Papers)
On looking over some of my papers found the Memdm. your brother Ambrose gave me. And also a copy of the entry of Mr. paynes, the former I send you, & a copy of the latter, as it was in a book. Majr Lee signifyed to me it wd. not be convenient for him to pay the next years taxes for many persons. I shall have to pay Majr Moore some money previous to my leaving this state; & should it be...
3749To James Madison from Hubbard Taylor (Enclosure), [9 August 1795] (Madison Papers)
A Madisons Lands 1000 Acres Panther’s Creek 1000 Do. Do. both Patented 500 Do. Elk horn. Platt retd to W. Green Location on sandy made by H Green: W. Green can give information respectg it & they are to have one half the land one fourth of 1000 Acres (Deed to H. Taylors Devisees) at the mout[h] of Locust Creek on the Ohio—part of Mercer Survey. 1000 Acres Military Lands Ms ( DLC ). Docketed...
3750To Thomas Jefferson from Robert Pollard, 9 August 1795 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favor of the 3d was brought by the post that arrived here yesterday. The price Mr. Harrison asks for his shares in the James River Company is considered as the current price. Perhaps a single share might be purchased something lower, if money was kept in hand ready to pay down when the share was offered, but I am fully satisfied that it would be difficult to purchase any number of shares...