1From Alexander Hamilton to Philip Schuyler, [9 February 1788] (Hamilton Papers)
An application will be made to the Council of appointment by Mr. Nicholas Carmer of this city; an ancient and respectable inhabitant; for the appointment of an Inspector of Mahogany and other lumber for this City. I recommend him, on every account , to your patronage. The mail of this Evening I am informed brings the most favourable accounts from Massachusettes. I am inclined to consider the...
2From Alexander Hamilton to Philip Schuyler, 20 November 1786 (Hamilton Papers)
[ New York ] November 20, 1786 . “I have received your letter.… Your cause against Ten Eyck was set down for hearing in October term; but the Chancellor when last in town on account of his public engagements would not attend to my special business in his Court. If he is here in January term it will be brought on.… We have been Innoculating Angelica and Alexander. The first as before has...
3From John Jay to Philip Schuyler, 17 March 1785 (Jay Papers)
I sh d . have immediately replied to your obliging Letter covering yo the Plans for a House, had It not found me employed in preparing Dispatches to go by the Packets— Accept my thanks for your friendly attention to that matter—The Plans are ingenious—but I shall adopt your Idea of not having the Entry in the middle. Agreable to your Advice I shall get my Timber from Jersey especially as I...
4From George Washington to Philip Schuyler, 15 May 1784 (Washington Papers)
It has long been my wish, and until lately my intention to have proceeded from this meeting of the Cincinnati to the Falls of Niagara—& probably into Canada. Two causes however prevent it—My business is of such a nature that I cannot without great inconvenience, be long absent from home, at this juncture—it is indeed, exceedingly inconvenient to be away from it at all—the other is, that I am...
5From George Washington to Philip Schuyler, 21 January 1784 (Washington Papers)
Your favor of the 20th of December found me as you conjectured by that fire side, from which I had been too long absent for my own convenience; to which I returned with the greatest avidity the moment my public avocations would permit; and from which I hope never again to be withdrawn. While I am here solacing myself in my retreat from the busy scenes of life, I am not only made extremely...