2051To George Washington from William Clajon, 13 December 1783 (Washington Papers)
A disorder, equally troublesome and painful, prevented me from personally presenting my Respects to your Excellency. General Gates, in his Letter of the 29th of last July, recommended me to Your Excellency, that your Support might enable me to obtain the Commission of Major in the Army of the United States, with the Instruments of the Officer of that Rank. My Appointment, as a Staff Officer,...
2052To George Washington from John Ewing, 13 December 1783 (Washington Papers)
Dr Ewing presents his most respectful Complemts to his Excellency Genl Washington, and informs him that Dr Khun one of the Medical Professors of the university was prevented, by an unavoidable Accident, from signing his Excellency’s Diploma, before the Faculty had the Honour of presenting it, & that Dr Ewing will be much obliged to the General for permitting this young gentleman to carry it to...
2053To George Washington from Samuel Hodgdon, 13 December 1783 (Washington Papers)
The Cannon and Carriages are delivered—Your Excellency will please to Sign the inclosed Order for their delivery—I have sent two truncks you will please to keep that one that answers best—The silk with the bill is in the smallest trunk, should be glad to know what other Articles your Excellency leaves to be forwarded, with those now on hand. DNA : RG 93—War Department.
2054To George Washington from Hugh Martin, 13 December 1783 (Washington Papers)
Being Elated with the pleasure of Seeing your Excellency added to the appearance of real joy in every Countenance on his Arival here, Induced me to come before you without any formal introduction, Although I Acknowledge I was in suspence whether you remembered me or not, as I have grown Considerably Since 79 when I had the honor of being introduced to you, at the time we lay at Middle Brook...
2055To George Washington from John Ewing, 13 December 1783 (Washington Papers)
We beg leave to congratulate your Excellency on the happy conclusion of the War. At length the hazardous Conflict is over, The Blessings of Peace and Independence are ours, And we approach your Excellency as you retire from the field, with the mingled Emotions of Joy, Gratitude & Affection. Let others, Sir, recount your military Atchievments, and draw the honorable Comparison between them &...
2056To George Washington from Plunket Fleeson Glentworth, 13 December 1783 (Washington Papers)
The Magistrates of the City of Philadelphia, in Behalf of themselves and their Associates the Magistrates of the County—beg Leave to present to Your Excellency our Congratulations on the present happy AEra, which confirms to the United States of America the inestimable Blessings of Peace, Liberty and Independance. The great Share Your Excellency has had in obtaining these Blessings, demands...
2057To George Washington from Samuel Sterett, 13 December 1783 (Washington Papers)
The Trustees and Faculty of the University of the State of Pennsylvania view with peculiar joy the conclusion of the war, and congratulate your Excellency on the establishment of Peace. When they consider how many important interests were involved in the late Contest, they cannot suppress their acknowledgments to your Excellency, under whose Auspices it has been so happily conducted. In this...
2058To George Washington from Charles, marquis de La Rouërie Armand Tuffin, 14 December 1783 (Washington Papers)
I had requested your Exellency to wrait to the ministre at war because I was assured it would be much favorable to me through the honor which a lettre from you would Confer on him—from my observations during my last journey to france, I am Certain it would have been the Case—but your Exellency knows best and whatsowever may be my interest, what general washington does, is in my eyes the best...
2059To George Washington from William Clajon, 14 December 1783 (Washington Papers)
It is very distressing to me that it is not within the Line of Your Excellency’s Power to issue a Warrant in my Case; for, I am confident you feel Pleasure, when you can relieve. I am sensible that I have not the Advantage of being personally known to you; but if you would honour me with a Letter to Congress, grounded on General Gates Recommendation of me to Your Excellency, it is not...
2060To George Washington from Anthony Wayne, 14 December 1783 (Washington Papers)
long want of health, occasioned by the extreme of fatigue & loss of blood, in assisting to Vindicate the rights & liberties of America from her coldest , to her hotest sun, deprived me the honor & pleasure, of attending your Excellency into New York, & now adds to my unhappiness, by preventing me from paying you my personal respects in the City of Phila., however I have one consolation i.e....
2061To George Washington from George Weedon, 14 December 1783 (Washington Papers)
I had the honor of addressing a letter to Your Excellency from Baltimore on the Subject of our state proceedings respecting the Order of Cincinnati. I have never been able to procure the printed Copies till lately which are now inclosed with a Copy also of the proceeding of the Georgia line. Wishing You the compliments of the season. Am with every Sentiment of Esteem Your Most Obt Servt DSoC .
2062To George Washington from George Martin, 15 December 1783 (Washington Papers)
With the purest Sentiments of Esteem and respect I took the earliest Opportunity of acknowledging the Honor of your Letter by the hands of My Nephew Mr Geo: Martin who was preparing to embark for Virginia from England, but I since find that unexpected Occurrences have detain’d him so long that it is more than probable this Letter will reach your hands before he can present his—give me leave...
2063To George Washington from Joseph Shallcross, 16 December 1783 (Washington Papers)
We the Burgesses and Common Council of the Borough of Wilmington, in behalf of themselves, & the Inhabitants thereof, being penetrated with Sentiments of the most perfect Respect, beg leave to approach, & to be permitted to congratulate Your Excellency, that your glorious Endeavours, to rescue our Country from a determined Plan of Oppression, has been not only attended with the most complete &...
2064To George Washington from Samuel Purviance, Jr., 18 December 1783 (Washington Papers)
The Town of Baltimore feels an unusual joy on your Excellency’s arrival; And, willing to testify, in an acceptable manner, the most grateful sense of your eminent services and superior abilities, We are intrusted to congratulate your Excellency on the Glorious and happy conclusion of an unequal, precarious and bloody War, through which you have successfully Commanded the Armies of the United...
2065To George Washington from Samuel Hodgdon, 18 December 1783 (Washington Papers)
Inclosed you have Capt. King’s duplicate receipt for the boxes given him in charge for your Excellency, they have been carefully put on board his Vessell and I hope will come safely and speedily to hand—The other things are putting up with the greatest care and will probably be on their way to Morrow. With every sentiment of respect I have the honour to be Your Excellencies Most Obedient...
2066To George Washington from Samuel Hodgdon, 20 December 1783 (Washington Papers)
Inclosed you have a Duplicate receipt of the owner and driver of the Waggon which has in all the Articles left with me to forward to your Excellency such precautions have been taken, as leaves me no room to doubt of their coming safe to hand—You will please to give the waggoner a receipt for the Articles delivered—the Vessel with the other things sails tomorrow—the keys of the Trunks are in...
2067To George Washington from Lachlan McIntosh, 20 December 1783 (Washington Papers)
I was honored yesterday by your Excellency’s favor of the 24th October. and have directed the secretary of our State Association of the Cincinnati to Copy such extracts from the minutes of our proceedings as will give you all the information you require, which he will inclose herewith, as I am obliged to go out in the Country. The reason I have not done myself the honor of writing to your...
2068To George Washington from Le Chevalier d’ Osmont, 20 December 1783 (Washington Papers)
Permettez que je Supplie votre Grandeur D’honorer de vos Bontées un Gentilhomme françois qui Par L’appuit de Votre Credit Sent Combien Son affaire a besoin de Votre h’autorité reclammant votre justice pour vous prouver une affaire juste dans son Evidence à besoin de vos lumieres de la Supperiorté de votre Esprit et d’un Rend Distingué Comme le Votre pour le faire parvenir à la Supperiorité à...
2069To George Washington from William Paca, 20 December 1783 (Washington Papers)
Amidst the general Joy on the happy and honourable Termination of the War we beg Leave to welcome your Excellency’s return to this City with Hearts Full of Gratitude and Affection. As long Sir as Mankind shall retain a proper Sense of the Blessings of Peace Liberty and Safety, your Character in every Country and in every Age will be honor’d admir’d and rever’d: but to a Mind elevated as...
2070To George Washington from Philip John Schuyler, 20 December 1783 (Washington Papers)
I have the honor to inclose Your Excellency, two letters from General Haldimand, which he transmitted under cover to me, by an express who arrived here this day. I suppose this will find you by that fire side from which your public Avocations have so long witheld you and from which, philosopher as you are, you will probably hardly be inclined to retire unless on some urgent Occasion in which...
2071To George Washington from Jacob Van Braam, 20 December 1783 (Washington Papers)
The latter end of 1775, when I was settled on a good farm in Wales with Mrs Van Braam and her Mother, I received a letter from the agents of the 60th Regt: the purport of which was to enquire if battalion should be added to the regiment whether I would choose to come in! Forseeing the nature of the service they were to be employ’d uppon, and prefering the life I had addopted for eight years...
2072To George Washington from Otho Holland Williams, 21 December 1783 (Washington Papers)
I have the honor to present, inclosed, an address, to your Excellency, from the Yankee Club of Stewarts town in the County of Tyrone, and Province of Ulster in Ireland. It came under cover by way of Philadelphia and Baltimore. Your Excellency’s Most obedient, and Most Humble Servant. DLC : Papers of George Washington.
2073To George Washington from J. Foy Chase, 22 December 1783 (Washington Papers)
The Mayor Recorder Aldermen and Common Council of the City of Annapolis congratulate your Excellency on the Restoration of Peace and the Establishment of the Freedom and Independence of the United States of America. The Citizens feel themselves particularly happy in this Opportunity afforded them of expressing their sincere Approbation of your most disenterested and unexampled Conduct through...
2074To George Washington from Daniel Carroll, 22 December 1783 (Washington Papers)
The General Assembly of Maryland embrace this Opportunity of expressing the grateful Sense which they and their Constituents entertain of your distinguished Services; services which under the smiles of divine providence have secured the peace, Liberty, and Independance, of these states! Your retirement to private life is a full evidence of that true patriotism which Induced you to draw your...
2075To George Washington from United States Congress, 23 December 1783 (Washington Papers)
The United states in Congress assembled receive with emotions too affecting for utterance this solemn resignation of the authorities, under which you have led their troops with success through a perilous and a doubtful war. Called upon by your country to defend its invaded rights you accepted the sacred charge before it had found alliances and whilst it was without funds or a government to...
2076To George Washington from Louis-Antoine de Bougainville, 24 December 1783 (Washington Papers)
Votre Excellence ne doit pas être surprise que ceux, qui ont eté assez heureux pour cooperer par leurs services au grand acte de la liberté de l’Amerique, vous temoignent le plus grand empressement d’entrer dans une association faite pour consacrer à jamais la memoire de ce grand evenement. J’avouë à Votre Excellence que je ne vois pas des françois admis dans l’illustre Societe de Cincinnatus,...
2077To George Washington from Antoine-Jean-Louis Le Bègue de Presle Duportail, 24 December 1783 (Washington Papers)
I arrived here ten days ago from london—I landed at plimouth traveled through england about three hundred miles—and stayd at london five days & i intended to stay some time longer but was prevented by different news I heard from here—your Excellency will not be surprised of that tour of mine—after the americain war it was Certainly Curious to see england & to observe the effect of their...
2078To George Washington from Charles-Hector Theodat, comte d’ Estaing, 25 December 1783 (Washington Papers)
I must beg leave to gratify a desire, I cannot resist of paying your Exellency in a private letter the most unfeigned homage of my unalterable attachement for you. I shall take particular delight in carrying the marks of an association which you are President-General of. it belonged to a Chief of your merit, who gives to the World in his Person the example of every thing that is great, to...
2079To George Washington from Marie-Joseph-Paul-Yves-Roch-Gilbert du Motier, marquis de Lafayette, 25 December 1783 (Washington Papers)
On the Receipt of Your Excellency’s letter, I took Measures to fulfill the intentions of the Society in which I Have the Honour to be a Member. As our institution was differently interpreted, I wrote a letter to Count de Vergennes of which the inclosed is a Copy, and the Account I gave was printed in a Court Gazette which I Have also the Honour to send—at a King’s Council, this day was a week,...
2080To George Washington from Pierre Charles L’Enfant, 25 December 1783 (Washington Papers)
A yant in-si-que le requeroit d’objet de ma mission fait toute la depeche possible pour me rende à paris, je me suis d’abor supressé de Remettre aux Comtes de Rochambeau, d’Estaing, de grasse au major general marquis de la fayette les depeches dont j’etois chargé pour Eux et ait payez les visites à ceux des officiersResident à paris, qui par leurs cervices et leurs grade dans L’arme francaise...
2081To George Washington from Robert Adam, 26 December 1783 (Washington Papers)
Whilst all Denomination’s of People bless the happy occasion of your Excellency’s return to enjoy private and domestic felecity, Permit us Sir, (the Members of Lodge No. 39 lately establish’d in Alexandria) to assure Your Excellency that We as a Mystical Body rejoice in having a Brother so near us, Whose pre’eminent Benevolence has secured the Happiness of Millions, and that We shall esteem...
2082To George Washington from Marie-Adrienne-Françoise de Noailles, marquise de Lafayette, 26 December 1783 (Washington Papers)
I seize with eagerness, the first moment, in which you enjoy the charms, of a peaceful retirement, and the Satisfaction to find you r self restored, to those, to whom you are dear, after So many dangers, and So much glory; to offer you my hommage, and my felicitations, on the glorious peace, obtained by your Labours, and your success. I have, sir, many rights to partake your Sentimens, on this...
2083To George Washington from Thomas Mifflin, 28 December 1783 (Washington Papers)
This Letter will be presented to your Excellency by Mr Godin, a Relation of Mr Van Berkel; who is on his Journey to South Carolina, with Mr Backer & Mr Barron : These Gentlemen have been introduced to me by Mr Robert Morris; a Copy of whose Letter I enclose. Many Foreigners of Distinction, who have been desirous of viewing your Excellency at The Head of an Army, and still more anxious to see...
2084To George Washington from François-Joseph-Paul, comte de Grasse-Tilly, 29 December 1783 (Washington Papers)
J’ay Reçu Par le major Lenfant la lettre Dont votre Excellence m’a honnoré comme Presidant De la Société formée Par les officiers Dans l’armée americaine Sous la denomination De Cincinnatus. Je suis flatté De l’honneur qu’Elle m’a fait De me nommer un des Ses membres & Je suis Charmé que Sa majesté ait Bien Voulu me Permettre d’En Porter la Medaille. Je vous prie d’Etre Persuadé que Ce Signe...
2085To George Washington from Richard Conway, 31 December 1783 (Washington Papers)
The Mayor and Commonalty of Alexandria, impressed with the liveliest Sentiments of affection and gratitude, do most sincerely congratulate your Excellency on your return from the conclusion of a glorious and successful war, to domestic happiness and tranquillity. We, experience a Singular Satisfaction in reflecting that your residence in our neighbourhood will have a happy influence as well on...