1To George Washington from James Anderson, 1 March 1797 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found : from James Anderson, 1 March 1797 . Anderson wrote GW on 8 March 1797 : “I wrote You on 1st” ( Papers, Retirement Series W. W. Abbot et al., eds. The Papers of George Washington, Retirement Series . 4 vols. Charlottesville, Va., 1998–99. 1:20–23 ).
2To George Washington from James Anderson, 25 January 1797 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found : from James Anderson, 25 Jan. 1797 . GW wrote Anderson on 29 Jan. : “Your letter of the 25th instant … came to hand.”
3To George Washington from James Anderson, 18 January 1797 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found : from James Anderson, 18 Jan. 1797 . GW wrote Anderson on 22 Jan. : “Your letter of the 18th instant … came to my hands yesterday.”
4From George Washington to James Anderson, 13 Feb. 1797 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found : to James Anderson, 13 Feb. 1797 . Anderson wrote GW on 22 Feb. : “I was duely favored with Yours of 13th.”
5To George Washington from James Anderson, 1 Feb. 1797 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found : from James Anderson, 1 Feb. 1797 . GW wrote Anderson on 5 Feb. : “Your letter of the 1st instant, with the weekly reports, are received.”
6To George Washington from James Anderson, 3 January 1797 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found : from James Anderson, 3 Jan. 1797 . GW wrote Anderson on 8 Jan. : “Your letter of the 3d instant” was “received by me yesterday.”
7To George Washington from James Anderson, 28 August 1796 (Washington Papers)
Only Yesterday I had the honor to receive Your favor of 18th And in Answer, am well satisfied of Mr Pearce being a Man of Character, and of Abilitys. And circumstanced as You are, must be of great value to You—You are pleased to say that from this and other reasons You advanced the Salary from £100 to 100 Gu[inea]s. I have to beg leave to observe that if You, & me come on Terms the lowest I...
8To George Washington from James Anderson, 12 October 1796 (Washington Papers)
In case the Overseer who was uncertain; has not agreed to stay with You —I can get one here, who is accustomed to the management of Negroes. And can come well recommended, As to which would wish to hear from You. In a few days I intend being at Marleborough when I will take a measure of the parts of Mr Mercers Thrashing Machine In Order to make preparations in winter by cuting Timber for the...
9To George Washington from James Anderson, 11 January 1797 (Washington Papers)
Refering to my last of 2d have now to hand You Report of last week. As said in my last I have now brought my Family here, which with Mr Pearce sickness has put it out of my power to send You Inventory of every Article I find here. It is however nearly compleat And will certainly forward it in my next—which I intend by Monday, instead of this days post, I have been at all the Farm’s various...
10To George Washington from James Anderson, 11 September 1796 (Washington Papers)
I have the Honor of receiving Your favors of 5th Yesterday And am sorry You think me not so explicit as I should have been, I will say my intention in it is remote from deceit, that sort of conduct I think myself a stranger to. And the respectability of Your Character has a different claim from all who know it. I now beg leave more fully to explain myself And give an Account of my manner of...