1681To George Washington from Alexander Hamilton, 6 January 1791 (Washington Papers)
The Secretary of the Treasury has the honor respectfully to transmit to the President of the United States an account of the cost of a seal for the use of the District Court of Maine, on which he begs leave to remark, that there does not occur any reason to deem it immoderate. The Legislature having by their resolution of the 2nd of August last assigned a part of the fund provided for the...
1682To George Washington from Charles Stewart, 6 January 1791 (Washington Papers)
I flatter myself, that I am so far in Your Remembrance that if an opportunity did present, of giving Me an Office, for the execution of which, You thought I possessed the talents requisite, You would be pleased to notice my solicitation, and by such appointment enable Me to pass the Remainder of my days above penury. By the Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, I observe it is the intention...
1683To George Washington from Joseph Anderson, 7 January 1791 (Washington Papers)
Although extremely unwilling to take up one moment of your Excellencys time the whole of which must be necessarily employed in the more momentous affairs of State; Yet I am taught to believe, that the Respectful address of a Soldier will never be Ungrateful to the ears of his General. When I last had the Honor of addressing your Excellency; I endeavored to aduce a chain of circumstances,...
1684To George Washington from John Francis Gaullier, 7 January 1791 (Washington Papers)
As God Listen to the prieres of men, do not disdain to peruse an humble petition Which could not have been dicted but by the utmost despair; the boldness of it Shews, that after him my only hope is in your Exelency. O! cast an Eye of mercy on a distressed family Who are on the brinks of ruin and destruction!! I am a Frenchman who has had the honnor to Serve his Prince thirteen years with Some...
1685To George Washington from John Kilby Smith, 7 January 1791 (Washington Papers)
Haveing had the honor of serveing under you through the whole of the late War, I have presumed to take liberty to address your Excellency on the following subject. By the late arrangement of the Militia by Congress, it appears that Inspectors of the same are to be appointed in the several Districts throughout the States. Permit me Sir—to offer my service to fill said Office in the District of...
1686To George Washington from Richard Dallam, 8 January 1791 (Washington Papers)
I Beg leave Humbly to Adress myself to Your Excellency And pray to be enrolled with Your dependants and Sollicitors for Office that when an Opportunity offers I may be a pertaker of such Bounty as you may please to bestow. I am an admirer of Your Virtues, and am happy On the reflection, that Kind Providence, has placed so good a man at the head of the Government of my Country and given the...
1687To George Washington from George Gibson, 8 January 1791 (Washington Papers)
In the month of January 1779, Your Excellency in conference with a committee of Congress was pleased to order me to reinlist for the War the men of the first State Regiment of Virginia under my command on the same terms that the Continental troops were enlisted with an assurance if the State of Virginia wou’d not take them, Congress wou’d—I have searched the Office & find the committee have...
1688To George Washington from Alexander Hamilton, 8 January 1791 (Washington Papers)
The Secretary of the Treasury has the honor respectfully to transmit to the President of the United States a Contract made by the Collector of Portsmouth in New Hampshire with Titus Salter for furnishing the Light house on New Castle Island with oil, wick, fuel & candles, and for the care & lighting of the same from the 15th day of August 1789 to the 1st day of July next, including some small...
1689To George Washington from Timothy Pickering, 8 January 1791 (Washington Papers)
Having been accidentally detained here longer than I expected, and a little leisure now presenting, I have thought it would not be misapplied in suggesting the means of introducing the art of husbandry, and civilization, among our Indian neighbours. In the treaty with the Creek Indians, I observe provision is made for furnishing them with domestic animals and instruments of husbandry, with a...
1690To George Washington from Rufus Putnam, 8 January 1791 (Washington Papers)
The mischief which I feared, has overtaken us much sooner than I expected. On the Evening of the 2d instant, between sunset and daylight-in; the indians supprised a new settlement of our people at a place on the Muskingum, called the Big-bottom, near forty miles up the river, in which disaster eleven men, one woman, and two children, were killed: Three men are missing—and four others made...
1691To George Washington from Hyacinth de Chappedelaine, 9 January 1791 (Washington Papers)
The marks of friendship and kindness which you have had the goodness to bestow upon me during my tour through the United States have made too deep an impression upon me not to be remembered with the most lively sensibility. The interest which you have always taken in the welfare of the French gives a title to them and to me to make you acquainted with my arrival at Savannah with the heads of...
1692To George Washington from John C. Ogden, 9 January 1791 (Washington Papers)
Nothing of a personal nature, or relating to controversy concerning religious opinions, could induce The Author of the inclosed to transmit it to you. The Ideas relating to liberty, protection, and spoiling of Church property, are of a public nature. and too important to those concerned, to pass in silence. With this impression, I have presented them to my country men. If I have erred, the...
1693To George Washington from Walter Healey, 10 January 1791 (Washington Papers)
Calcutta, Jany 10th 1791. Proposes to convey his title to the village of Allenagur near Calcutta to the United States for the establishment of an American factory. Solicits the post of U.S. consul to India. ALS , DNA : RG 59, Miscellaneous Letters. Walter Healey was apparently a British merchant living in India. His letter to GW of 10 Jan. 1791 runs to nearly five thousand words, filled with...
1694To George Washington from Robert Lewis, 10 January 1791 (Washington Papers)
In requesting your attention to a subject of the greatest importance to Myself, and in begging your permission to communicate it with freedom and confidence, I trust I shall not trespass on the respect which your goodness toward me has deeply impressed on My Mind. My opinions of happiness, and the inclinations of My heart have determined Me to change my situation in life—with a view to this...
1695To George Washington from Edmund Randolph, 10 January 1791 (Washington Papers)
I do myself the honor of informing you, that the plan for opening a contract with the woollen manufacturer, appears, as far as I am able to judge, to be proper in itself, and likely to be approved by the legislature of Virginia. But I must confess, that I have paid more attention to the propriety of the President, undertaking a correspondence with the British Artist. I am told and believe,...
1696To George Washington from the Seneca Chiefs, 10 January 1791 (Washington Papers)
Your speech written on the great paper, is to us, like the first light of the morning to a sick man, whose pulse beats too strongly in his temples, and prevents him from sleep: He sees it and rejoices, but he is not cured. You say, that you have spoken plainly on the great point: That you will protect us in the lands secured to us at Fort Stanwix, and that we have the right to sell, or to...
1697To George Washington from John I. Sonnet, 10 January 1791 (Washington Papers)
Although the recital of the distresses of another, is painful to a heart so susceptible of sensibility as is that of Your Excellency; Yet both by your public and private Character, I am emboldened to lay my misfortunes at your Excellency’s feet; and although Your Excellency’s time is necessarily dedicated to the best and most important Uses in the State, Yet ’tis capable of stooping, to...
1698To George Washington from John Eager Howard, 11 January 1791 (Washington Papers)
I have the honor to enclose an Act of Assembly of this State entitled “An Act to empower the Wardens of the Port of Baltimore to lay and collect the duty therein mentioned,” which cannot take effect until ratified and confirmed by an Act of Congress. I therefore request the favour of you to lay the same before Congress for their confirmation, if approved. I have the Honor to be Your...
1699To George Washington from Henry Knox, 15 January 1791 (Washington Papers)
The Secretary of War to whom the President of the United States was pleased to refer a letter from His Excellency the Governor of Virginia of the 4th instant, transmitting certain papers stating the measures which the Legislature and Executive of Virginia have adopted for the temporary defence of the Western frontier of that state, Reports, That it appears from the said papers, that upon the...
1700To George Washington from Timothy Pickering, 15 January 1791 (Washington Papers)
I intended to have done myself the honour of waiting on you in person: but a letter may give you less trouble. General Knox informed me that it would be agreeable to you that I should undertake the superintendency of the northern Indians; I mean particularly the Six Nations. I answered, That by the new constitution of Pennsylvania, a Continental appointment was declared to be incompatible with...
1701To George Washington from Anonymous, 18 January 1791 (Washington Papers)
Although my name will not be, to this paper many where you preside know me personally, I have been under your command when you were surrounded with eminent Danger. I lost every thing by the American War, nor, did I ever join the enemies of America in thought, word, or deed. I am banished from my native country like many others; because I cannot pay my debts; If I had the gold which I exchanged...
1702To George Washington from Giuseppe Chiappe, 18 January 1791 (Washington Papers)
J’ay eû l’honnoeur d’êcrire a Vôtre Excellence voye de Cadix & de Madrid le 13e & 28e du mois de May de l’année qui vient de terminer, affin de l’informer sur tout ce qui s’êtoit passé rapport a la mort inopinée du Feu Roy Sydy Mohamet Ben Abdalla & sur l’installation de son successoeur Sydy Mulay Liazid (q:D:g) J’ay appris ensuite de mon Frere Francisco qu’il avoit obtenu un Delai sur...
1703To George Washington from Thomas Jefferson, 18 January 1791 (Washington Papers)
The Secretary of State having received from the Chargé des affaires of France a note on the Tonnage payable by french vessels in the ports of the United States has had the same under his consideration, and thereupon makes the following Report to the President of the United States. The Chargé des Affaires of France, by a note of the 13th of December represents, by order of his Court, that they...
1704To George Washington from John Patton, 18 January 1791 (Washington Papers)
Should the Bill now before the Legislature for raising a Revenue from Distilled Liquors be approved by your Excellency & passed into a Law, I beg leave to offer myself a Candidate for the Office of this District. I hope you will excuse my laying before your Excellency the Motives which induce me to make the present Application—I have a large Family of Children & am considerably advanced in...
1705To George Washington from William Rawle, 18 January 1791 (Washington Papers)
At a special meeting of the Directors of the Library Company of Philadelphia January 18th 1791. The Directors of the Library Company of Philadelphia desireous of shewing a respectfull mark of Attention to the President and Congress of the United States Resolve that the President and Members of the Senate and of the House of Representatives of the United States shall have the free Use of the...
1706To George Washington from John McDowell, 19 January 1791 (Washington Papers)
Understanding that there is a Bill now before the Legislature of the United States the intent of which is to lay an excise upon spirituous liquors &c. which, if approved by your Excellency will probably be passed into a Law the present Session, I take the liberty of making this early application to be appointed the Inspector of Excise under the said Act, in such district as shall include the...
1707To George Washington from Robert Ballard, 20 January 1791 (Washington Papers)
Information being received here that an Health Officer for this Port would be shortly appointed, and that the appointment came from your Excellency, I humbly beg leave to recommend Mr Benjamin Dashiell to your Excellency’s Notice as a Worthy and deserving Man to fill that office. An Appointment of the sort has been expected from our State Legislature—the inclosed list of Subscribers being a...
1708To George Washington from Battaile Muse, 20 January 1791 (Washington Papers)
Your Favour dated the 27th of Decr was delivered me by your Nephew Major George A. Washington—the 7th day of this month—I gave Him a Perticular acct of your Estate under my Care as well my opinion in answer to your Benevolent Letter, which I expect will be Communicated to you should you at any Time desire any thing from me in my Power I shall think it my Duty to Pay Perticular attention to...
1709To George Washington from Daniel Carroll, 22 January 1791 (Washington Papers)
I do myself the honor of inclosing a Resolution No. 1 of the Genl Assembly of Maryland acceding to the proposition made by the General of Assembly of Virginia on the 10th of Novr 1789, likewise several resolutions No. 2: establishing a fund for the money pledged by the first resolution, and an Act No. 3 to Condemn land if necessary for the public buildings of the United States. By a letter...
1710To George Washington from John Eager Howard, 22 January 1791 (Washington Papers)
I have the honor to enclose two Acts of the General assembly of Maryland; the one “An Act to cede to Congress a district of ten miles square in this State for the seat of the Goverment of the United States;” the other “An Act to condemn land, if necessary, for the public buildings of the United States:” also sundry resolutions for advancing seventy two thousand dollars for the purpose of...