1From George Washington to Thomas Newton, Jr., 12 October 1789 (Washington Papers)
A variety of avocations has prevented my giving an earlier acknowledgment to your letter of the 17th of July. I will now thank you, Sir, to furnish me with an Acct of the quantity & cost of the materials which have been placed on Cape Henry by the Commissioners appointed by the Assembly of Virginia, for the purpose of building a Light-house—as you have been so obliging as to offer to do it. I...
2From George Washington to Thomas Newton, Jr., 23 November 1789 (Washington Papers)
Your letter of the 24th of October, containing an estimate of the cost of a Light-house which was to have been erected on Cape Henry—a draft of the same—and an account of materials placed upon the spot for the purpose of building, has been duly received; and I beg you to accept my thanks for your trouble in preparing & forwarding them—I am, Sir, Your most Obedt Servt Df , in the writing of...
3From George Washington to Thomas Newton, Jr., 25 December 1792 (Washington Papers)
I am sorry it is not in my power to give you such precise information relative to the subject of your Letter to me of the 9th instant as may be satisfactory to yourself, or serviceable to the object mentioned in it. I do not recollect ever to have seen the Will of the Revd Mr Green, so that I can say nothing from that; but I remember it was impressed on my mind that the woman Sarah, of whom...
4From George Washington to Thomas Newton, Jr., 23 September 1795 (Washington Papers)
Knowing nothing of what the Dismal Swamp Compy are doing, or mean to do with their property in that place, & having an offer for my share therein, I would take it kind of you to let me know by the first post after you receive this Letter, what you think it is worth by the acre—or in other words, the highest price any of the companies Lands have, or ought to sell for in that way, allowing a...