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I am impel’d by circumstances to make known unto you my situation which is reather unpleasant at present and at the same time to request from you a favour boath of which you will find inserted here. I am a poor young man just attained the years of manhood (twenty one the third of this the present month) and have got a Mother & Sister to support by my income which is of no great amount on...
I have the honor to inclose the report of the age and qualifications of the cadets who have reported themselves to the Superintendent of the military Academy. From this report it appears that altho many of the Cadets were appointed before they had the age required by law that at this time they are with a single exception qualified in that respect. Under all the circumstances of the Case, it...
The Cumberland road progresses (in ways other?) than I expected. The report is that Mr. Shriver will be tempted to relinquish his charge for employment under a Company in Maryland. It will be difficult to supply his place, though his slow march has been censured. Col. Williams estimates his services at too high a price; and there are other reasons for confining his share in the work to a...
I have recommended for the appointment of Chaplin the Revd Joel Haden to th[e] Sec of war & hope it will meet your sanction as he is one of the first men in this county for talents & correctness. I feel some Solicitude also for the appointment of John T. Mason as deputy Commissary. I have had as difficult a task here as I have always had a hard one at the City in relation to the 1500 $ to...
At the request of the Chickasaw deputation, I enclose a letter from Genl Jackson to Major George Colbert. They complain strongly of the menacing stile in which it is written. A treaty has been made with the Sacs & Foxes, & other tribes are ⟨on?⟩ their way for the same object. As soon as the treaty is received it shall be transmitted. I have the honor to be your most obt. & very humbe. Servt....
On my arrival in this city I found Mr Morris; the account which he gives of the state of King Ferdinands domestick affairs, is most unfavorable; it conforms however Entirely with all the respectable opinions which I have heard: were one to receive these in full faith, without any of the allowances which are ordinarily to be made, one woud say that it is impossible that the system shoud stand...
The enormous importation and the great amt. of British Dry goods brought in here on British Acct. totally preclude all Competi[ti]on on Our part, and our Cotton Mills are fast approaching their dissolution. Lately in the want of exports to meet those enormous importations some 7 or 8 Tons of Cotton yarn was bought up at Very reduced Prices and exported; but I cannot beleive that at present our...
I have this moment received your’s of 3d instt., an answer to which has been anticipated by my two last letters. I am urging the Captain of the Peacock, and still hope that he will be ready to sail the day after to morrow. I almost envy you the happy time which you will spend this summer in Orange, and which will not, I hope, be disturbed by any untoward change in our affairs. I think that,...
Les evenemens malheureux qui ont agité la France ont nécessairement excité tout votre interet. En Ces Circonstances Critiques l’idée de pouvoir offrir a mon pays quelques Verités, que je jugeais utiles, ma [m’a] dicté quelques ecrits Fondés Sur les principes dune heureuse legislation que Vous avez Su adopter. Permettez moi davoir lhonneur de Vous en Faire hommage et de Vous offrir le tribut de...
I directed some days ago the skipper of a vessel bound to Fredericksburg to wait on you respecting the articles you have to send there, but he found you had just left Washington for Annapolis. If I can be of any further service in that respect, you will please command them. Annexed is a memorandum of the few expences paid on the articles already sent, as well as the charges of importation on...