421From George Washington to Pierre L’Enfant, 1 January 1787 (Washington Papers)
The Letter which you did me the honor of writing to me the 6th ulto together with the Memorial which accompanied it came safe, after some delay. Without entering into the merits of the latter, which I could only do as an individual, I shall regret that your zeal for the honor, & your wishes to advance what you conceived to be the interests of the Society of the Cincinnati, should have led you...
422Mount Vernon Store Book, January 1787 (Washington Papers)
Editorial Note The Mount Vernon store book preserved at Mount Vernon lists “Articles recd into the Store” between 6 Jan. and 14 Nov. 1787, and “Articles del[ivere]d out of the Store” from 1 Jan. to 31 Dec. 1787; it also contains the “Rum Acct” from 1 Jan. to 9 Oct. 1787. On the first page of the store book is a listing of the “Skins put into the Vatts Apl 12th 1787” at Mount Vernon farms...
423From George Washington to Unknown, 1 January 1787 (Washington Papers)
I have no superfine flour in my Mill, at present; nor do I believe I have any Wheat that will make such as I should incline to brand with that mark. This being the case, I have not yet attempted to make any; consequently have fixed no price. I will consult my Miller, and if he thinks the Wheat will yield better flour than I expect I will inform you of it, and the price; but request you would...
424To George Washington from Clement Biddle, 2 January 1787 (Washington Papers)
I have before me your esteemed favour of 5th ultimo—It is necessary that the Certificate remaining here to draw Interest which will be pd every 6 months very near to the day it is due yet the Principal will only sell for 6/ in the Pound—Mr Haines has promised me fifty Bushels of the best Spring Barley for seed without any Engagements on your part for the Produce & I have also bespoke the Red...
425To George Washington from Henry Emanuel Lutterloh, 3 January 1787 (Washington Papers)
Your Excellency will be pleased to excuse the Liberty of addressing myself to You, with a Proposition for a Delivery of Several Hundred German Famelies to settle those large Tracts of Your Own, or any other Virginia Gentlemens Estates, Who may Chuse to be Subscribers, to the Plan—Your Excellys former Publications to encourage Settlers to come, and the late Act passed by Your Assembly, to Stop...
426From George Washington to Battaile Muse, 3 January 1787 (Washington Papers)
Having an immediate occasion for a sum of money, it would be very acceptable to me to receive what is in your hands of mine. An order on any person in this place, that would be punctually complied with, will suit me. I am Sir yr Very Hble Servt ALS , NcD : Battaile Muse Papers.
427To George Washington from Battaile Muse, 3 January 1787 (Washington Papers)
Your Favour dated December the 4th I received a few days ago—which is Very Sattisfactory to me I shall attend Perticularly to Every thing required, and will act as well For your interest In the management of your Business as tho. the leases was my Own always holding in View your Instructions. I have not received one shillings Since I was at Mount Vernon I have made many application⟨s⟩ In...
428To George Washington from Edmund Randolph, 4 January 1787 (Washington Papers)
Inclosed I return to you the papers which accompanied your favor of the 25th ulto. It did not reach me, until yesterday morning, when I submitted the whole to the assembly. But the approach of the session to an end forbids them to take up new business. The day after tomorrow is fixed for their departure, and much of what is now before them must be left incomplete. I am therefore desired by the...
429To George Washington from George Digges, 5 January 1787 (Washington Papers)
Mr Gilliss Polk (who is now here) & lives at Salisbury in Somerset County will Immediately upon his return home have the plank sawed agreable to your directions & also will forward it by the first Oppertunity —Our Senate have rejected the Money Bill & this day we expect a Message from them given their reasons. We have done little or no Public Business nor doe I believe we shall as there seems...
430To George Washington from John Jay, 7 January 1787 (Washington Papers)
They who regard the public good with more Attention & Attachment than they do mere personal concerns, must feel and confess the Force of such Sentiments as are expressed in your Letter to me by Col. Humphreys last Fall. The situation of our Affairs calls not only for Reflection and Prudence but for Exertion. What is to be done? is a common Question, but it is a Question not easy to answer....
431From George Washington to Jabez Bowen, 9 January 1787 (Washington Papers)
I have received your letter of the 23d of Novr. I should have been happy to have seen you at Mount Vernon agreeable to your intention had you proceeded as far as Annapolis. The Convention at that place would undoubtedly have been productive of some benefit to the Union had it taken place, but the tardiness of the Commissioners from several States rendered abortive every advantage that was...
432From George Washington to Daniel Carroll, 9 January 1787 (Washington Papers)
Your letter of the 26th ult. did not reach me till within these 3 days, or it should have received an earlier acknowledgment. The Land I advertised for Sale in Fayette County containing 1650 acres or there abouts, by the Patents, may, as a tract, be considered as equal to any in that County, or Country; but as it is my wish that the purchaser should examine it, I will say no more than that...
433To George Washington from John Nicholson, 9 January 1787 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from John Nicholson, 9 January. On 23 Jan. GW wrote to Nicholson : “Your letter of the 9th instant. . . came duly to hand.”
434From George Washington to Charles Willson Peale, 9 January 1787 (Washington Papers)
Your letter of the 31st of Decemr came duly to hand. I cannot say that I shall be happy to have it in my power to comply with your request by sending you the bodies of my Pheasants; but I am afraid it will not be long before they will compose a part of your Museum, as they all appear to be drooping. One of the Silver Pheasants died sometime before the receipt of your letter, and its body was...
435From George Washington to Thomas Seddon & Company, 9 January 1787 (Washington Papers)
I have received your letter of the 10th of Decemr together with the several numbers of the Columbian Magazine. I thank you for your attention to me in sending the several numbers which have been published, & wish you to consider me a subscriber; as I conceive a publication of that kind may be the means of conveying much useful knowledge to the community which might otherwise be lost, and when...
436From George Washington to Charles Carter, 10 January 1787 (Washington Papers)
I should have presented you with an earlier acknowledgement of your favor of the 4th ulto, but expecting to meet the Directors of the Potomac Company, I delayed writing ’till it was over, that I might give you the trouble of receiving one letter only, in answer to the several parts of it. Having laid before the Directors that part of your letter which respects the opinions of Mr Yates & Captn...
437From George Washington to William Deakins, 10 January 1787 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: to William Deakins, Jr., 10 Jan. 1787. Deakins wrote GW on 10 Jan. : “I have your favor of this date.”
438To George Washington from William Deakins, Jr., 10 January 1787 (Washington Papers)
I have your favor of this date. It gives me pain to Inform you I have not yet purchased more than 20 Bushels of Poland Oats that are in hand. I had Contracted in different Lands for 100 Bushels to be delivered the 1st of this month—but the Farmers from whom I had engaged them, have deceived me, but I have sent out into the Country within these few days past & expect to get you at least 100...
439To George Washington from William Drayton, 10 January 1787 (Washington Papers)
I should have done myself the Honour of acknowleging sooner the Receipt of your Letter, dated Novr 12th, but that by some unaccountable Delay it did not reach my Hands, ’till a few Days ago. The Trouble you have had with my Negro Man demands the most grateful Sentiments, & the warmest Thanks from me; altho’ the Event did not answer your kind Intentions on the Occasion. I beg Leave to offer my...
440From George Washington to Bushrod Washington, 10 January 1787 (Washington Papers)
I condole most sincerely with you, my Sister & family, on the death of my Brother. I feel most sensibly for this event; but resignation being our duty, to attempt an expression of my sorrow on this occasion would be as feebly described, as it would be unavailing when related. If there are any occasional services which I can render my Sister or any of you, I shall have great pleasure in the...
441From George Washington to James Hill, 12 January 1787 (Washington Papers)
Your Letter of the 24th of September in answer to mine of the 20th of August was a long time in getting to my hands, & very unsatisfactory when it arrived. If you were ever directed by me to settle your accounts with, & pay the produce of my Estate under your management into the hands of Mr Posey, I should be glad to receive a copy of the order. My memory, nor any paper in my possession does...
442From George Washington to John Price Posey, 12 January 1787 (Washington Papers)
It will not be difficult for you to conceive my surprise when I inform you that after waiting near three years since my return home in expectation that an account would be rendered me of the management of my Estate below; & calling, with some degree of astonishment, on Mr Hill for this neglect, to find by his answer lately received, that the accounts had been settled years ago with you, & not...
443To George Washington from Robinson, Sanderson, & Rumney, 12 January 1787 (Washington Papers)
By the Esther Capt. Ledger we hope you will receive the above safe, & please. We shall always be happy to forward you any thing we can procure in this Part of the Country and are with the greatest Respect Sir Your much Oblig’d & Very Hble Servts Mr Sanderson presents his Comps. to you & your Lady. N.B. We shall forward you soon Two Hounds of Slow pace. LS , DLC:GW . The accompanying invoice...
444From George Washington to William Deakins, 13 January 1787 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: to William Deakins, Jr., 13 Jan. 1787. Deakins wrote GW on 25 Jan. : “Your favor of the 13th Current did not come to hand till the day before Yesterday.”
445To George Washington from Lafayette, 13 January 1787 (Washington Papers)
It is I Hope Easier for You to Conceive than for me to Express the Painful Sensations I feel, when the long Waited for Opportunity of Hearing from You, Happens at last to Arrive without one line of Yours. the Regularity of Packets is now Reestablished, and they will Return to the Havre the Nearest Port to Paris. This will be entrusted to Colonel franks, who is Coming from a Successfull...
446To George Washington from Alexander Spotswood, 13 January 1787 (Washington Papers)
I had not lost Sight of the Memorandom given me last fall by Majr Washington, and was about writeing to you when I recd his Favr of decr 30—86. The crop before last, I unfortunately had some black oat on my Farm, which Caused a mixture among my white Crop, and in order to get them again pure; I picked a few bushles over, and sowed them in a Corner of my Farm, by which means I have a small...
447To George Washington from Henry Knox, 14 January 1787 (Washington Papers)
I thank you my dear Sir for your Kind favor of the 26th ultimo, which I received on the 7th instant. On the dispersion of the insurgents at Worcester, which was dictated more by the inclemency of the weather, and the consideration of having effected their object, than by any apprehensions of coercion from Government, many people were of opinion that the disorders were at an end, and that...
448To George Washington from R., 15 January 1787 (Washington Papers)
Your Character, Sir, is beyond the reach of applause. Nothing that is mortal can add to it. To engage again would bring you back to a Man. You think as I do as far as your Modesty will permit, I know you do. I love & reverence you, therefore have a Right to your Pardon for this apparently impertinent Card. No Creature living but ourselves shall ever know it was written. I am, without flattery,...
449To George Washington from Horatio Gates, 19 January 1787 (Washington Papers)
By the last Alexandria Post I had the Honour to receive Your Excellency’s Letter of the 8th of November, Inclosing your Circular Letter of the 31st of October. I am truly Sorry Your Excellency Declines the Presidency of The Cincinnati, as I conceive your continuing at the Head of the Society, indispensibly necessary to the Support of The Order. The very high consideration and Respect, in which...
450To George Washington from William Gordon, 20 January 1787 (Washington Papers)
I take the opportunity of a vessel for Boston, that so I may send in the speediest way some seeds which I procured from a gentlewoman of my acquaintance at Ipswich, where I was first settled & remained thirteen years. I have likewise added some seed of the rocket double larkspur, which I saw in blow the last year, & was much pleased with on account of their beauty. I am yet unsettled, which...