8041William Stephens Smith to John Adams, 5 August 1791 (Adams Papers)
I should have long before this answered your affectionate Letter of Congratulation on my return to my family and friends but since my arrival, I have really been so perfectly and fully engaged, that I could scarcly call an hour my own— I had hurried myself for this week past in expectation of attending M rs: Smith to Braintree, but the situation of my public and private business tho’ agreable...
8042Treasury Department Circular to the Collectors of the Customs, 5 August 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
Information has been given to me, that the Sloop Lurana, of Washington in North-Carolina, lately commanded by Thomas Eastwood, has been sold in Hispaniola to a person unknown, and there is some reason to apprehend that her certificate of registry has been disposed of with her, or retained for illicit purposes by the Captain. This certificate is numbered 28, and bears date at the port of...
8043To George Washington from Daniel Carroll, 5 August 1791 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from Daniel Carroll, 5 Aug. 1791. Thomas Jefferson wrote to the commissioners for the federal district on 28 Aug.: “Your joint letter of the 2d. inst. to the President, as also Mr. Carrol’s separate letters of the 5th. and 15th. have been duly received” ( Jefferson Papers, Julian P. Boyd et al., eds. The Papers of Thomas Jefferson . 41 vols. to date. Princeton, N.J., 1950–....
8044To George Washington from Robert Douglas, 5 August 1791 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from Robert Douglas, 5 Aug. 1791. Douglas wrote to GW on 25 May 1795: "I had the Honour to write your Excellency on the 5th & 12th Augt 91."
8045To George Washington from Simon Wilmer, 5 August 1791 (Washington Papers)
Mr Lewis who lately fill’d a department in your Excellencys house hold suggested to me, that one or more assistant Secretaries must necessarily be appointed this Fall, in consequence of his retirement and the probability of Major Jacksons translation to some other Office; If such Vacancies have taken place, and are still to be filled, I must beg permission to approach your Excellency as an...
8046To John Adams from Joseph Brown, Jr., 6 August 1791 (Adams Papers)
The Recollection Sir of having had the honor of your Acquaintance, and of having receivd politeness and Attention from you in a foreign Country, emboldens me to address you upon a subject, which doubtless from your exalted Station you must be frequently importund with, that is to request your influence y with the President in my behalf to obtain the office of Collector of the port of...
8047From Alexander Hamilton to Otho H. Williams, 6 August 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
It has been represented to me by Messrs. Sherman & Procter of New Bedford, that some things which they deem improper have taken place. The Substance of the information is that their Brig Hawk, Hathaway Master, was remeasured in Baltimore altho she had been measured in New Bedford prior to her sailing [and was possessed of a Register of the U States] that she was registered anew in Baltimore,...
8048To Alexander Hamilton from Elizabeth Hamilton, [6 August 1791] (Hamilton Papers)
[ Albany, August 6, 1791. On August 12, 1791, Hamilton wrote to his wife and referred to “your letter of the 6th instant.” Letter not found. ] This letter is printed in this volume.
8049To George Washington from Henry Knox, 6 August 1791 (Washington Papers)
I have the honor to submit to you, Governor Blount’s report, relative to the treaty with the Cherokees, which he formed on the 2d instant—and also his request for leave of absence. I shall have the honor to wait upon you personally relative to this business, after you shall have read the papers. I have also the honor to submit Copies of the Instructions and Letters to Major General St Clair,...
8050To George Washington from Hugh West, 6 August 1791 (Washington Papers)
I took occasion to wait upon your Excellency this fore-noon, but was unable to gain personal access, by reason of your then present Engagements. It was alledged, that my Business might be imparted, by means of a Secretary, to your Excellency: but which for a very obvious reason, I declined. It is of such a nature, I presume, as to suit your Excellency’s ear alone. It is not improbable, that...
8051To James Madison from Henry Lee, 6 August 1791 (Madison Papers)
As I hope on my return to Virga. to raise as much money as will pay off old Fairfax & put into our power the great falls, I mention to you my intention that you may lend as much aid as you can. I have ordered the deed to be made out to you & me in the proportion agreed on & have charged you with one fourth of the purchase. If the event turns out as I expect, I shall not only be pleased by the...
8052To James Madison from Charles Pinckney, 6 August 1791 (Madison Papers)
From our former intimacy while I had the pleasure to serve with you in Congress & the Convention I am induced to make you the following communication in the confidence of friendship assured that you will only mention it to the person & in the manner I wish—as it is upon a subject of some Delicacy. It has been suggested to me that several foreign ministerial appointments will take place at the...
8053To Thomas Jefferson from Charles Carter, [ca. 6 August 1791] (Jefferson Papers)
[ Ludlow, ca. 6 Aug. 1791. ] Acknowledging with gratitude TJ’s of 31 July. He neglected to mention the Bank of the United States. As TJ is fully informed of their powers, he can himself tell whether loan could be obtained on terms mentioned. A young Virginian studying under Dr. Barton says that he has added an entrance fee of £70 to the terms he took him on. This puts it totally out of his...
8054To Thomas Jefferson from Tench Coxe, 6 August 1791 (Jefferson Papers)
Mr. Coxe has the honor to inclose to the Secretary of State the account of all the payments for lands, which have been made to the United States prior to this day being Drs. 687,563 70/100. The contract for land intended to have been made between the United States and Messrs. Flint and Parker, as will appear by reference to their letter of 18th. Octr. 1787 and to the resolution of Congress of...
8055To Thomas Jefferson from David Humphreys, 6 August 1791 (Jefferson Papers)
Lisbon, 6 Aug. 1791 . He has just received TJ’s of 23 June, with gazettes for himself and dispatches for Carmichael. He has received TJ’s of 11 Apr., but not that of 13 May.—TJ will learn from French papers, sent herewith, what they know about the late “tumult in Paris.” Private accounts indicate the affair was much exaggerated. “The actual Period of the Revolution is however critical,” and...
8056To Thomas Jefferson from Juan Nepomuceno de Quesada, 6 August 1791 (Jefferson Papers)
St. Augustine, 6 Aug. 1791 . Replying to TJ’s letter of 10 Mch. regarding the king’s ruling on fugitive slaves in Spanish territory adjacent to the United States, he is sending his written opinion on the matter by James Seagrove. RC ( DNA : RG 59, MLR ); 3 p.; endorsed by TJ as received 3 Oct. 1791 and so recorded in SJL . Quesada’s opinion on the matter was incorporated in his proclamation of...
8057To Thomas Jefferson from Benjamin Russell, 6 August 1791 (Jefferson Papers)
Boston, 6 Aug. 1791 . Enclosing account for publishing laws passed at the third session in the Columbian Centinel. RC ( DNA : RG 59, PDL ); not recorded in SJL . Enclosure not found, but the amount was $37.87 for Russell as for other printers of laws passed at the third session of the First Congress (see Document vii, contingent expenses of the Department of State, 1790–1793, in group of...
8058From Thomas Jefferson to Arthur St. Clair, 6 August 1791 (Jefferson Papers)
Your letter of May 25th. to the Secretary of the Treasury with the copies it enclosed of one of May 23d. to Judge Symmes and of his answer to you of the same day, having been referred to me, I have now the honor to enclose you a letter to Judge Symmes on the subject of the settlements made on the Lands of the United States between his upper line and the little Miami, by persons claiming titles...
8059From Thomas Jefferson to John Cleves Symmes, 6 August 1791 (Jefferson Papers)
Copies of Governor St. Clair’s Letter to you of May 23d. 1791, and of your answer of the same day to him, having been communicated to Government, it is perceived that sundry persons claiming titles under you have taken possession of Lands of the United States between the upper line of your Contract and the little Miami. As it is the duty and determination of the Executive to see that no...
8060Enclosure II: Juan Nepomuceno de Quesada to James Seagrove, 6 August 1791 (Jefferson Papers)
The following is a translation of Governor Quesada’s reply to the preceding. The Governor of East Florida answers as follows to what has been proposed by James Seagrove Esquire (authorized for the purpose by a credential letter from his Excellency Thomas Jefferson, Secretary of State to the United States of America) regarding the negro Slaves, who may escape from said Nation to this Province....
8061To George Washington from Thomas Jefferson, 7 August 1791 (Washington Papers)
Th: Jefferson has the honour to send for the President’s perusal, his letters to Govr Sinclair & Judge Symmes: as also letters received from the postmaster at Richmond on the subject of the two cross posts. he has gone further as to that towards the South Western territory, than Th: J.’s letter authorized, as he only submitted it to his enquiry & consideration whether a post along that rout...
8062From George Washington to Thomas Johnson, 7 August 1791 (Washington Papers)
I have been duly favored with your letters of the 27 & 30 of July; the last of which came to hand while the Judges of the Supreme Court were with me on an invitation to dinner. I took this opportunity of laying your letter before the Chief Justice, (as you mentioned your having written to him and to Mr Wilson on the subject) in order that it might be communicated to the other Judges—After a...
8063From Thomas Jefferson to Francis Eppes, 7 August 1791 (Jefferson Papers)
A letter from Mazzei on the subject of Capt. Hylton’s debt to him obliges me to ask from you what I am to say to him on that subject. You told me formerly you hoped to get some money into your hands, and that you would secure it. I wrote this to him, and he sollicits your patronage. Is there an insolvency in Captn. Hylton’s affairs? If there is not, in whose hands is his property, and why...
8064To Thomas Jefferson from Tobias Lear, 7 August 1791 (Jefferson Papers)
[ Philadelphia ], 7 Aug. 1791 .] He encloses a letter from the President to Thomas Johnson, with the request that it be sent with his commission and directed “to the care of the Postmaster at Baltimore as the most likely mean of their reaching their destination with safety and dispatch.”—He also transmits a letter from Governor Blount to the Secretary of State and letters from the latter to...
8065From Thomas Jefferson to Thomas Mann Randolph, Jr., 7 August 1791 (Jefferson Papers)
In my letter of July 24. I acknowleged the reciept of yours of the 7th. which is the last letter I have had from Monticello. I presume you will have seen in the Virginia papers an advertisement of Aug. Davies’s on the subject of a post through Columbia and Charlottesville to Staunton. He writes me word he has no doubt of getting an undertaker to perform the ride once a week, so that I hope we...
8066To Thomas Jefferson from Edward Rutledge, 7 August 1791 (Jefferson Papers)
[ Charleston ], 7 Aug. 1791 . Introducing a “Gentleman of the Name of Harper” who is going northward for a short time chiefly on business. “He is however desirous of knowing, and being known to you; and I do not wonder at it. You owe the Trouble, which these Introductions occasion, to your Fame; which is the Result of your Understanding, and goodness. You will oblige me by shewing such...
8067To Thomas Jefferson from Edward Rutledge, [7 August 1791] (Jefferson Papers)
There are Circumstances and Situations in Life which lead us into Measures we would wish to avoid, and we are at times obliged to yield to Requests which are against our Desires to grant. I have been placed to day precisely in that Condition. A young Man, who will deliver you a Letter of Introduction from me, appeared anxiously to wish it, and I could by no means refuse it. He is of the same...
8068From Thomas Jefferson to George Washington, 7 August 1791 (Jefferson Papers)
Th: Jefferson has the honour to send for the President’s perusal, his letters to Govr. Sinclair and Judge Symmes: as also letters received from the postmaster at Richmond on the subject of the two cross posts. He has gone further as to that towards the South Western territory, than Th: J’s letter authorized, as he only submitted it to his enquiry and consideration whether a post along that...
8069Enclosure III: Agreement on Fugitive Slaves, 7 August 1791 (Jefferson Papers)
The beforementioned Commissioner on the part of the United States is of opinion, That as the Government of East Florida does not chuse to be responsible for any fugitive Slaves from the United States, which in future may shelter themselves in this Province, it will be for the interest of their owners, that immediately on discovery they be confined in prison, there to remain until properly...
8070To Alexander Hamilton from William Ellery, 8 August 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
Newport [ Rhode Island ] August 8, 1791 . “… On the 4th. of this month arrived here the Sloop Dove Pardon T. Slocum master from Surinam and imported among other articles one hogshead and one barrel of Pumpings. Pumpings is a compound of the drainings from casks of sugar in the holds of vessels, and bilge water; which being pumped up is preserved in casks for sale. By distillation it yields...