1861To George Washington from Thomas Pinckney, 25 February 1795 (Washington Papers)
An Incident has occurred which having no Connexion with my Mission does not form a part of my Letter to the Secretary of State but as I conceive you ought to be apprized of it I take the liberty of informing you that I am given to understand by a letter from Mr Monroe that he was instructed to declare to the Government of France that no power was given to Mr Jay to treat on commerce with this...
1862From George Washington to the Commissioners for the District of Columbia, 30 Dec. 1796 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found : to the Commissioners for the District of Columbia, 30 Dec. 1796 . The commissioners’ minutes for 4 Jan. 1797 read: “Letter of the 30th Ulto received from the Prest of the U. S. enclosing his approbation endorsed on the Resolutions approving the Loan made of the State of Maryland” ( DNA : RG 42, Records of the Commissioners for the District of Columbia, Proceedings, 1791–1802).
1863To George Washington from Thomas Jefferson, 3 November 1792 (Washington Papers)
Th: Jefferson has the honor to inclose to the President three sets of the papers relative to the Spanish interference for the President & the two houses. AL , DNA : RG 59, Miscellaneous Letters; LB , DNA : RG 59, George Washington’s Correspondence with His Secretaries of State; LB (photocopy), DLC:GW . Jefferson’s enclosures included copies of the 29 Oct. letter that he received from Spanish...
1864From Thomas Jefferson to George Washington, 15 January 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
On further consideration I have thought it may be as well to omit the proposition for making any addition however small to the foreign fund , till the next session of Congress, by which time it will be more evident whether it is necessary or not. I have the honor to be with the greatest respect Sir your most obedt. & most humble servt PrC ( DLC ). Tr ( DLC ); 19th-century copy. Not recorded in...
1865To George Washington from Thomas Jefferson, 8 August 1790 (Washington Papers)
Th. Jefferson has the honor to inclose to the President the following papers. 1. the secret letter & paper of Aug. 2. for mister Carmichael. 2. the secret letter for the Chevalr de Pinto. 3. a letter for mister Joshua Johnson. on supposition that, delivering them himself to Colo. Humphreys, he might wish to comment to him on their contents, and particularly as to the 1st to qualify such of the...
1866To George Washington from Abraham Forst, 16 October 1793 (Washington Papers)
Situated as I am I cannot possibly avoid troubling Your Excellency; and to be brief, I was brought up & Educated in a genteel Sphere of life, was allways in a State of Affluence, till within a few Years past, but thro’ many heavy losses & Sickness, I am now reduced my good Sir to Ask Aid , which I take the liberty to do of your Excellency. I have rec’d from many worthy Bretheren in this...
1867To George Washington from Daniel Delozier, 19 July 1794 (Washington Papers)
The death of General Williams, Collector of this port, I presume has been anounced to your Excellency before this, the event took place on tuesday last, about thirty miles on the road from Winchester towards the sweet-springs. It is probable that your Excellency will receive many applications for the Office of the deceased, and amongst them will be one from Mr Robert Purviance, the present...
1868To George Washington from Thomas Jefferson, 27 October 1790 (Washington Papers)
I had intended to have set out about this time for Philadelphia, but the desire of having mister Madison’s company, who cannot return for some days yet, and a belief that nothing important requires my presence at Philadelphia as yet, induce me to postpone my departure to the 8th of the ensuing month, so that it will be about the 12th before I can have the honor of waiting on you at Mount...
1869To George Washington from Pierre-Charles Georgest, 14 January 1792 (Washington Papers)
Not being willing to act against my Country—in the impossibility of rende[r]ing my services exactly under a new administration, which is yet far from having the Knowledge necessary to guard it from committing errors prejudicial to public affairs—and finally, foreseeing the misfortunes without number, which are on the point of afflicting this Kingdom, to which the nature of my services cannot...
1870To George Washington from William Rowley, 19 September 1794 (Washington Papers)
Permit me to present to your Excellency a copy of my works, as a small tribute of respect. I am Sir, with best wishes your most obedient humble servant ALS , DLC:GW . The letter was docketed in error "19th Sep. 1795." William Rowley (1742-1806) served as a British army surgeon from 1760 to 1765 before entering private practice in 1766. Licensed by the London College of Physicians in 1784, he...
1871To George Washington from Thomas Jefferson, 8 September 1791 (Washington Papers)
We were detained on the road by the rains so that we did not arrive here till yesterday about two oclock. as soon as horses could be got ready, we set out & rode till dark, examining chiefly the grounds newly laid open, which we found much superior to what we had imagined. we have passed this day in consultation with the Commissioners, who having deliberated on every article contained in our...
1872To George Washington from William Pearce, 13 March 1796 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from William Pearce, 13 March 1796. On 20 March, GW wrote Pearce: “Your letter of the 13th instt and the reports of the preceeding week came duly to hand yesterday.”
1873To George Washington from the Commissioners for the District of Columbia, 30 November 1796 (Washington Papers)
Your Instructions to Messrs Beall & Gantt to convey to us all the Lands in the City of Washington, vested in them, in trust, by the original proprietors, have been duly considered, with a reference to carrying the same into effect; in which some difficulties occur—That part of the Land which is held for the use of the United States, we consider, as in a very different predicament from those...
1874From Alexander Hamilton to George Washington, [9 April 1794] (Hamilton Papers)
[ Philadelphia, April 9, 1794. Letter not found. ] “List of Letters from General Hamilton to General Washington,” Columbia University Libraries.
1875To George Washington from Alexander Hamilton, 20 October 1789 (Washington Papers)
Agreeably to your desire, I sit down to commit a few lines to the Post. Nothing worth particular mention has occurred since your Departure; except a report brought by Mr Keane from So. Carolina, that McGilivray the Indian Chief had, after a short conference, left our Commissioners, declaring that what they had suggested was only a repe[ti]tion of the old Storey and inadmissible, or something...
1876To George Washington from Thomas Jefferson, 6 November 1791 (Washington Papers)
I have the honour to inclose you a draught of a letter to Governor Pinkney, & to observe that I suppose it to be proper that there should, on fit occasions, be a direct correspondence between the President of the U.S. and the Governors of the states; and that it will probably be grateful to them to recieve from the President answers to the letters they address to him. the correspondence with...
1877To George Washington from John Mitchel, 29 October 1790 (Washington Papers)
I take the liberty of informing you that some time since I was making a Survey adjoining a tract of Land belonging to you, lying in a Loop of the Potowmack River about twelve miles from the Berkely Warm Springs, when I heard some of the people in that Neighbourhood, remark that there was much more Land in the tract Calld Genl Washingtons that the patent Calld for, and that they designd making...
1878To 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...
1879To George Washington from George Smith, 11 January 1796 (Washington Papers)
I did myself the Honour of writing your Excelly once & again on the Subject of Mr William Hunter’s affairs, the last Letter about twelve months ago, and have never been favoured with any answer. A. Mr Ichabod Hunter, one of Mr W. Hunter’s Exrs was in this Country about five months ago, who assured Mr John Hunter, that one or both of my Letters had reached you, & that we might expect a reply...
1880To George Washington from Thomas Jefferson, 15 January 1792 (Washington Papers)
Th: Jefferson has the honor to return to the President the letters of the Commissioners on their discharge of the workmen ⟨&ca⟩ in the Federal city. the copy of the Extracts from them for Majr L’Enfant was not finished till last night, & therefore could not be sent to him till to-day, consequently the conference with him is put off to tomorrow. Th: J. incloses a copy of his letter to Majr...
1881To George Washington from James McHenry, 2 July 1789 (Washington Papers)
Mr Eiclberger of this place informs me that he has petitioned for surveyor or other appointment in the customs, and begs that I would mention him to your Excellency. I think he served about three years in the late army, since which he has carried on a retail trade with a very fair character. He is a Dutch man and not without influence among his countrymen which he has always used like a good...
1882To George Washington from Timothy Pickering, 13 July 1796 (Washington Papers)
In your last dispatches were received two patents passed by the Attorney General for your signature, which I now return for that purpose. I have also the honor to inclose a duplicate commission for John Trumbull Esqr. The original went by Mr King; and to be with perfect respect, sir, your most obt servant ALS , DLC:GW ; LB , DNA : RG 59, Domestic Letters; LB , DNA : RG 59, GW’s Correspondence...
1883To George Washington from Madame Bobin des Orolles, 22 May 1792 (Washington Papers)
At a moment when the French are accomplishing a Revolution which has raised a flame in their Colonies, insomuch that part of the Inhabitants of St Domingo are obliged to abandon their possessions, I find myself one of the most unhappy among them. My husband & [son] having been disappointed in embarking in the Vessel with me, the affliction into which I am thrown, and the sickness which I...
1884To George Washington from George Washington Parke Custis, 1 December 1796 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found : from George Washington Parke Custis, 1 Dec. 1796 . GW wrote Custis on 19 Dec. : “I am not certain whether I have written to you since my receipt of your letter of the first instant.”
1885To George Washington from the Citizens of Vincennes, 5 October 1792 (Washington Papers)
A Son Excellençe George Washinton Ecuier premier President des Etats unis de l’Amerique du nord. &c. suplie humblement. Les habitants de ce district qui ont l’honneur de vous Exposer que vu les mauva⟨ises⟩ Guerres qu’ils onts Eües a soutenir pendant plusieurs Années avec les Nations Indiennes de Ces Contrées, ce qui a Causée la perte generale de touts les Citoïens jusqu’a leurs tués femmes...
1886To George Washington from Alexander Hamilton, 12 May 1794 (Washington Papers)
The Secretary of the Treasury presents his respects to the President & sends the enclosed for his decision —submitting his opinion that it is not adviseable to grant the permission requested. This case is not precisely within the rule already adopted as a general one. LB , DLC:GW . Hamilton probably enclosed French minister Jean-Antoine-Joseph Fauchet’s letter to Edmund Randolph of 12 May,...
1887To George Washington from Thomas Jefferson, 12 July 1790 (Washington Papers)
(Translation.) Means which the Congress may make use of in order to force the Regencies of Barbary to make Peace with them. The Flag of the United States cannot be displayed ’till after the Congress shall have made peace with the Regencies of Barbary. The consideration of the advantages which the anglo-americans would derive from this navigation, have already induced the Congress to attempt...
1888To George Washington from Beverley Randolph, 5 August 1789 (Washington Papers)
Two Chiefs of the Cherokee nation of Indians arrived here a few days ago accompanied by Mr Bennet Ballew, who has full powers from a number of Towns to lay before you their Grievances, and to make some proposals, which may eventually preserve harmony between the citizens of the United States and the Indians, and perhaps be productive of considerable advantages to both parties. It is at the...
1889To George Washington from Henry Lee, 12 February 1797 (Washington Papers)
I find myself fatigued with my journey or should wait on you this evening. While in Newyork I mentioned to a friend of mine there your pair of horses & price—He has authorized me to buy them, money to be paid (1000 Ds) on delivery. I promised to write to him by tomorrows mail, & consequently must ask your decision this evening. please to present my best respects to Mrs Washington & tell her...
1890To George Washington from Timothy Pickering, 19 June 1795 (Washington Papers)
The Secretary of War respectfully presents to the President the name of Mr George Clymer for one of the Commissioners to hold the treaty with the Creek Indians. Mr Fitzsimons, it is understood, will contest Mr Swanwick’s election for the city of Philadelphia. Mr John D. Cox is highly esteemed for his integrity and candour—his law-knowledge and sound judgement: But he is thought to be slow in...