61To George Washington from Thomas Mifflin, 5 September 1793 (Washington Papers)
I received your Excellency’s communication, respecting the unfavorable issue of the negotiations for peace with the hostile Indians, in a letter from the Secretary at War, of the 3d instant; and I have the honor to transmit, for your information, a copy of the orders, which I have given to the Adjutant General, for providing effectually for the protection of the Frontier of this State. As I do...
62To Alexander Hamilton from Thomas Mifflin, [26 September 1791] (Hamilton Papers)
Upon receiving information, that a difference of sentiment had arisen between the Comptroller of the Treasury of the U.S. and the Comptroller General of Pennsylvania, as to the mode of paying for the tract of Land on Lake Erie, agreably to the terms of the Contract, I referred the subject to the Attorney General of this Commonwealth; and I have now the honor of transmitting to you a copy of...
63To George Washington from Thomas Mifflin, 19 August 1793 (Washington Papers)
In consequence of the letter, which I addressed to the French Consul, respecting the Privateer, Citizen Genet and communicated to the Secretary at war, for your information on the 17th instant, I have recd two answers, copies of which I have the honor to lay before you. The allegations that were made of an extreme want of provision, on board that vessel, of her Leakage, and of the general bad...
64To George Washington from Thomas Mifflin, 15 July 1794 (Washington Papers)
I have the honor to transmit, for your information, copies of the various documents which I have received by Express from Genl Gibson, stating, among other things, the proceedings of a Council, held at Fort Le Bœuf on the 26th ulto, between Capn Denny and Mr Ellicot, and a deputation from the Six Nations in the presence of Genl Chapin. The requisition which has been made on this occasion, for...
65To Alexander Hamilton from Thomas Mifflin, [23 June 1792] (Hamilton Papers)
By a late act of the General Assembly of Pennsylvania, provision is made, among other things, for paying the nominal amount of the State Certificates, which are subscribable to the loan, proposed by Congress to the State Creditors, “upon this condition, and not otherwise, that the State Creditors subscribe to that loan, and thereupon, on or before the 1st day of July next , transfer to the...
66To George Washington from Thomas Mifflin, 18 April 1794 (Washington Papers)
In answer to a circular letter, which I addressed to the Officers of this Commonwealth, enjoining, among other things, an implicit obedience to the laws of the Union, I have received a variety of communications of a very patriotic and satisfactory nature: and the inclosed Extracts from the letters of Judge Addison and Mr Reddick (the Prothonotary of the County of Washington) relatively to the...
67To George Washington from Thomas Mifflin, 29 April 1793 (Washington Papers)
I have the honour to inclose for your Excellency’s information, a copy of a Proclamation, which I have issued, respecting the proposed Treaty to be held with the hostile Indians at Lower Sandusky; a copy of a Circular letter, which I have written, upon the same subject, to the Judiciary and Militia Officers of the Western frontier counties of Pennsylvania; and a copy of a Proclamation, which I...
68To George Washington from Thomas Mifflin, 18 July 1794 (Washington Papers)
I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your Excellency’s answer to my letter of the 15. instant, communicated in a letter from the Secretary at war, dated yesterday: and it is with peculiar regret that I perceive the embarrasment of my situation, relatively to the Presqu’ isle establishment, increasing with every addition to the correspondence which the subject has produced. I...
69To George Washington from Thomas Mifflin, 13 June 1794 (Washington Papers)
I think it proper to communicate the letters which I have received from the western Counties representing the hostile proceedings of the Indians, in that quarter and the dissatisfaction of the Citizens at the suspension of the Presqu’isle establishment in compliance with your request. As I wish to answer these letters by to morrows post I have for the sake of dispatch transmitted the originals...
70To George Washington from Thomas Mifflin, 8 July 1793 (Washington Papers)
Agreeably to your instructions contained in a letter from the Secretary at War, of the 24th of May last, it may be proper to state, particularly, the proceedings in the case of the Little Sarah, the prize to L’Embuscade, supposed to be equipped and manned in this Port, as a Privateer. Having instructed the Board of Wardens to be attentive to any appearance of a practice of this kind, the...
71To George Washington from Thomas Mifflin, 18 July 1791 (Washington Papers)
I think it proper to lay before you, copies of the various documents respecting an application, which I have recently made to the Governor of Virginia, requiring, agreeably to the provision contained in the second section of the fourth article of the Constitution of the United States, that he would take proper measures for apprehending Francis McGuire, Absalom Wells, and Baldwin Parsons, as...
72To George Washington from Thomas Mifflin, 28 March 1794 (Washington Papers)
The Secretary at war, has transmitted to me, by your instructions, a copy of a law relatively to the fortification of the Ports and harbours therein mentioned; and he has, at the same time, communicated your request, that, as Commander in Chief of the Militia of Pena., I would take upon me the general direction of the business, as far as respects the works to be established within this State....
73To George Washington from Thomas Mifflin, 12 August 1794 (Washington Papers)
The Secretary of State has transmitted to me, in a letter dated the 7th of August (but only received yesterday) your reply to my letter of the 5th instant. For a variety of reasons, it might be desireable, at this time, to avoid an extension of our correspondence, upon the subject to which those letters particularly relate; but the nature of the remarks contained in your reply, and the...
74To George Washington from Thomas Mifflin, 10 April 1795 (Washington Papers)
Inclosed I transmit copies of reports, which I have just received from Colonel Biddle and Captain Denny, respecting the state of the Garrison, and the Military and Quarter Master Stores, at Fort Le Boeuf, together with a copy of the remarks of Captn Denny, on the neighbouring Country, and the establishment proposed to be made at Presqu’-isle. An early knowledge of these communications, may...
75To George Washington from Thomas Mifflin, 25 May 1794 (Washington Papers)
I have occasion to regret, that your opinion, on the expediency of suspending, for the present, the establishment at Presqu’-isle, was not communicated to me, previously to the receipt of the letter from the Secretary at War, dated yesterday, in which that opinion is, for the first time, explicitly expressed. I am apprehensive, indeed, that it is too late to prevent the execution of the...
76To George Washington from Thomas Mifflin, 20 August 1793 (Washington Papers)
Inclosed I transmit, for your information, copies of a letter to the French Consul, informing him of the necessity of the departure of the Citizen Genet within 24 hours; of a letter intimating to him agreably to your desire, that she would be allowed to repair as a merchantman, on condition of dismissing her arms & other military equipments, and of his answer, just received, upon these...
77To George Washington from Thomas Mifflin, 22 July 1794 (Washington Papers)
I have received a Letter from the Secretary of War, dated the 21st instant, in which he informs me of your intention to appoint a Commissioner, for the purpose of holding a Treaty with the Six Nations at Canandarquay, on the 15th of September next; and I shall, with all possible dispatch, transmit, for your information, the documents relating to the title of Pennsylvania, so far as it is...
78To George Washington from Thomas Mifflin, 5 August 1794 (Washington Papers)
The important subject, which led to our conference on Saturday last, and the interesting discussion that then took place, having since engaged my whole attention, I am prepared, in compliance with your request, to state with candor the measures which, in my opinion, ought to be pursued by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The circumstances of the case evidently require a firm and energetic...
79To Alexander Hamilton from Thomas Mifflin, [27 December 1791] (Hamilton Papers)
In order to enable me to answer your letter of the 21st instant, I directed the Comptroller general to furnish me with the necessary information upon the subject of your inquiry; and you will now receive an extract from his report. But as this may not be deemed satisfactory, I have given that Officer instructions to confer with you upon the subject; and, I hope, that after a full and candid...
80To George Washington from Thomas Mifflin, 21 August 1793 (Washington Papers)
I have the honor to transmit, for your information, a copy of the Requisition, which was made for the departure of the Citizen Genet; and of my instructions to the Officer Commanding at Mud-Island, relative to the conduct to be pursued, in consequence of the Attachment issued, under the civil authority, against that Vessel; which has since been taken into the possession of the Marshall and...
81To George Washington from Thomas Mifflin, 18 April 1795 (Washington Papers)
I have the honor to transmit, for your information, an authenticated copy of the Act of the General Assembly of Pennsylvania, intitled, “An Act to provide for laying out and establishing towns and outlots, within the several tracts of land heretofore reserved for public uses, situated respectively at Presqu’-isle on Lake Erie, at the mouth of French Creek, at the mouth of Conewango creek, and...
82To George Washington from Thomas Mifflin, 14 June 1794 (Washington Papers)
I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of Your Answer (communicated in a letter from the Secretary of War dated this day—) to my letter of the 13th instant, stating that the reasons, which induced your opinion relatively to the Suspension of the Presqu’ isle establishment, continue to operate, and have not been weakened by any information since receiv’d. The nature of the trust reposed in...
83Address from the Pennsylvania Society of the Cincinnati, 22 February 1797 (Washington Papers)
Upon this auspicious day—and in contemplation of an approaching public event, the most affecting, which can ever occur to us, either as Men, as Citizens, or as your former fellow Soldiers, we desire to congratulate, and address you. As Men we offer to you the homage of a pure and heartfelt affection—As Citizens we express to you the gratitude, which results from a just sense of the highest...