31To George Washington from Anthony Whitting, 17 May 1793 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from Anthony Whitting, 17 May 1793. On 26 May, GW wrote Whitting , “Your letters of the 17th & 22d instt came duly to hand.”
32To George Washington from Anthony Whitting, 29 June 1792 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from Anthony Whitting, 29 June 1792. GW wrote to Whitting on 4 July that “Your letter of the 29th Ulto came to my hands yesterday.”
33To George Washington from Anthony Whitting, 24 October 1792 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from Anthony Whitting, c.24 Oct. 1792. GW wrote Whitting on Sunday, 28 Oct. 1792 : “By yesterdays Post I received a letter from you without date, but suppose from the contents it must have left Mount Vernon on Wednesday last,” which was 24 October.
34To George Washington from Anthony Whitting, 13 February 1793 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from Anthony Whitting, 13 Feb. 1793. On 24 Feb., GW wrote Whitting , “Your letters of the 13th & 17th Instt have come duly to hand.”
35To George Washington from Anthony Whitting, 23 January 1793 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from Anthony Whitting, 23 Jan. 1793. On 27 Jan., GW wrote Whitting , “Your letter of the 23d, and Reports came to hand at the usual time.”
36To George Washington from Anthony Whitting, 22 May 1793 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from Anthony Whitting, 22 May 1793. On 26 May, GW wrote Whitting, “Your letters of the 17th & 22d instt came duly to hand.”
37To George Washington from Anthony Whitting, 19 December 1792 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from Anthony Whitting, 19 Dec. 1792. GW wrote Whitting on 23 Dec. : “Your letter of the 19th instant, enclosing the weekly reports, has been duly received.”
38To George Washington from Anthony Whitting, 21 December 1792 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from Anthony Whitting, 21 Dec. 1792. GW wrote Whitting on 30 Dec. : “I have duly received your letters of the 21st & 26th instt.”
39To George Washington from Anthony Whitting, 14 November 1792 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from Anthony Whitting, 14 Nov. 1792. GW wrote Whitting on 18 Nov. that Whitting’s letter of the “14th instt came duly to hand.”
40To George Washington from Anthony Whitting, 31 May 1793 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from Anthony Whitting, 31 May 1793. GW, in his letter to Whitting of 9 June , wrote that “I have received your letters of the 31st of May & 5th instant.”
41To George Washington from Anthony Whitting, 29 August 1791 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from Anthony Whitting, 29 Aug. 1791. GW informed Anthony Whitting on 4 Sept.: “Your letter of the 29th of last month came duly to hand, with the report of the preceeding week.”
42To George Washington from Anthony Whitting, 31 October 1792 (Washington Papers)
Your Letter of the 21st I had the Honor to receive on Wednesday last with the Bill of Scantling & List of plants from Norfolk these the Gardener had plac’d in the Green House, The Sugar Maple seed (not knowing the time for sowing it) I persuaded the Gardener to sow a part of it imediately & keep the Other ‘till Spring The bill of Scantling I took to Alexa. on Friday and inform’d You the price...
43To George Washington from Anthony Whitting, 16 January 1793 (Washington Papers)
I had the Honor to receivd Your Letter of the 6th with one enclosed to Thos Green which I have delivered him but am fearfull the Contents of it nor nothing that can be said will alter his conduct a want of principle has no remedy he went to Town last week under a pretence of Getting some things for his wife, who is in a state likely very soon to be Confined he kept repeatdedly asking me for...
44To George Washington from Anthony Whitting, 9 January 1793 (Washington Papers)
Your Letter of the 30th of Decemr I had the Honor to receive, in my last I mentioned Mr Butlers being at Mount Vernon he seems a well inform’d man & may be a Good Judge of farming but I find he like all others first from Europe thinks Great improvements may be made in agriculture he has been with the hands while Grubbing on the side of hell hole Swamp & he Got a Spade & tried the Soil of the...
45To George Washington from Anthony Whitting, 15–16 January 1792 (Washington Papers)
In a Letter wrote on Friday last I informed your Excellency of the Loss of your letter by Dogue run Will. I sent him to Town on friday with a Letter to a friend of mine begging he would Give every assistance in his power in endeavoring to find it which he I believe did but without Success—Not knowing its Contents I can make no reply. However there are a few things I Could wish to Mention in...
46To George Washington from Anthony Whitting, 20 February 1793 (Washington Papers)
Your Letter of the 10th reach’d Alexandria on Sunday last came to hand by Peter on Monday. Was I imagine detain’d from the waters being impassable I never saw the Land so wett as at present it raind the Whole Day Yesterday & last night or rather this Morning about two oClock we had the hardest rain I ever saw The Mill race is again broke The Roads allmost impassable The Whole surface where the...
47To George Washington from Anthony Whitting, 22 January 1792 (Washington Papers)
I informd you in my Letter of the 15th of finding Your Letter of the 8th Lost by Will, and answered some parts of it, particularly that of the Mules. I have farther to add that the reason of those not being reported at ferry was that I still lookd on them as Mansion House Stock & as to my not Mentioning there removal by Letter I thought Major Washington might have done it as they was put there...
48To George Washington from Anthony Whitting, 27 March 1793 (Washington Papers)
Your Letter of the 17th I had the Honor to receive, with respect to the Lucerne Lot (bottom part of) I have not yet had it Cleand up fit for Sowing Grass Seeds On—Your Excelly will remember that it was your particular Orders that none of the Evergreens should be taken up, till you came home in consequence they are all still remaining & are at places very thick So that nothing can be sown, till...
49To George Washington from Anthony Whitting, 20 March 1793 (Washington Papers)
Have enclosed the last week report drawn of by Mr Butler. As I have not been able to answer your Excels. two last Letters shall now endeavor to make some reply to them —It has not been in my power to Go to Alexa. to engage a Vessell to Go for Shells but shall as soon as I am able to ride there. Shells must be had for the price to us is so very different as to make it impossble to buy Stone...