1To George Washington from William Tate, 3 August 1789 (Washington Papers)
From the present state of the Countries situate on the Mediterranean, it seems probable that if their Commerce was laid open to the United States, it would have a greater tendency to open to us new Sources of Wealth & power, than the Trade of any other Nations: for each of the northern and Middle states of Europe greatly exceeding in population in proportion to extant of Territory, & at least...
2To George Washington from William Tate, 25 August 1789 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from William Tate, 25 Aug. 1789. In a letter to Tate, 28 Aug., Tobias Lear acknowledged a letter from Tate to GW of 25 Aug. 1789 . Lear’s letter to Tate states that the president “has directed me to inform you, that it does not lay with him to accept your offer of attending the Commissioners who are shortly to negociate a treaty with the Southern Indians. It is left to the...