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| No. | Author | Recipient | Title | Date | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Moyston, Edward | Washington, George | To George Washington from Edward Moyston, 4 April 1787 | 1787-04-04 | As the Convention of the States is expected to meet in this City in the next Month, I make bold... |
| 2 | Lafayette, Marie-Joseph-Paul-Yves-Roch-Gilbert du … | Washington, George | To George Washington from Lafayette, 3 August 1787 | 1787-08-03 | I Have Received Your first favour from Philadelphia with the Greater Satisfaction, as it promises... |
| 3 | Randolph, Edmund | Washington, George | To George Washington from Edmund Randolph, 11 March … | 1787-03-11 | I must call upon your friendship to excuse me for again mentioning the convention at... |
| 4 | Knox, Henry | Washington, George | To George Washington from Henry Knox, 8 February 1787 | 1787-02-08 | My last to you was of the 1st instant since which I have received your favor of the 25 Jany. You... |
| 5 | Essarts, comtesse des | Washington, George | To George Washington from Essarts, 1 May 1787 | 1787-05-01 | It is well known to all the world that your Excellency, after having fought for the liberty of... |
| 6 | Knox, Henry | Washington, George | To George Washington from Henry Knox, 14 September 1787 | 1787-09-14 | presuming that you will not set out from Philadelphia untill Monday the 17th I write you a line... |
| 7 | Fairfax, Bryan | Washington, George | To George Washington from Bryan Fairfax, 16 November … | 1787-11-16 | This is to acknowledge Your Favor in sending me an Accot of my Brother’s Will and also the... |
| 8 | Knox, Henry | Washington, George | To George Washington from Henry Knox, 27 February 1787 | 1787-02-27 | My last to you was on the 22d instant, in which I stated my apprehensions respecting the proposed... |
| 9 | Rawle, William | Washington, George | To George Washington from William Rawle, 6 July 1787 | 1787-07-06 | I have the honor to transmit to you as President of the Convention, a resolve of the directors of... |
| 10 | Johnston, Archibald | Washington, George | To George Washington from Archibald Johnston, 30 … | 1787-10-30 | Some time past I saw your Advertisement forbidding all persons from hunting on your lands without... |
| 11 | McHenry, James | Washington, George | To George Washington from James McHenry, 1 June 1787 | 1787-06-01 | I have just received an express from Baltimore informing me that my brother lays dangerously ill,... |
| 12 | Deakins, William Jr. | Washington, George | To George Washington from William Deakins, Jr., 2 … | 1787-11-02 | The bearer Peter felix Mauger, has been Informed that a Horse he has is an Exact Match for one of... |
| 13 | Franklin, Benjamin | Washington, George | To George Washington from Benjamin Franklin, 3 April … | 1787-04-03 | I have often thought that the Number of People, who by Curiosity and the Admiration of your... |
| 14 | Turner, George | Washington, George | To George Washington from George Turner, 5 April 1787 | 1787-04-05 | At the Request of the Cincinnati of South-Carolina, I have the honour to forward herewith, for... |
| 15 | Lavallée, Gilles de | Washington, George | To George Washington from Gilles de Lavallée, 13 March … | 1787-03-13 | I did myself the honor to write to your Excellency upon the subject of manufactures, & enclosed a... |
| 16 | Davenport, Joseph | Washington, George | To George Washington from Joseph Davenport, 15 December … | 1787-12-15 | Major Washington tells me that you will not Concent for me to keep a horse—but Sir if I pay you... |
| 17 | Thomas Clagett & Company | Washington, George | To George Washington from Thomas Clagett & Company, 10 … | 1787-02-10 | Having established a House in this City with a view of transacting business on Consignment we beg... |
| 18 | Lafayette, Marie-Joseph-Paul-Yves-Roch-Gilbert du … | Washington, George | To George Washington from Lafayette, 5 May 1787 | 1787-05-05 | Altho’ I Cannot omit an opportunity of writing to You, my letter will not Be so long and Minuted... |
| 19 | Lee, Richard Henry | Washington, George | To George Washington from Richard Henry Lee, 11 October … | 1787-10-11 | I was unwilling to interrupt your attention to more important affairs at Phila. by sending there... |
| 20 | Van Winter, Nicholas Simon | Washington, George | To George Washington from Nicholas Simon van Winter and … | 1787-02-26 | Vos Lettres, que nous avons eu l’honneur de recevoir l’Année passée, par la main de Monsieur le... |
| 21 | Hamilton, Alexander | Washington, George | To George Washington from Alexander Hamilton, 3 July … | 1787-07-03 | In my passage through the Jerseys and since my arrival here I have taken particular pains to... |
| 22 | Johnson, Thomas | Washington, George | To George Washington from Thomas Johnson, 16 November … | 1787-11-16 | I happen to be one of a Committee to report on the petition of Mr John Fitch of Pennsylvania for... |
| 23 | Peale, Charles Willson | Washington, George | To George Washington from Charles Willson Peale, 27 … | 1787-02-27 | Your obliging favor of the Body of the Golden Pheasant, I have received in good condition,... |
| 24 | Peale, Charles Willson | Washington, George | To George Washington from Charles Willson Peale, 8 July … | 1787-07-08 | The Drapery and back ground of your Portrait is painted and if it is convenient to your... |
| 25 | Gimel, Pierre, chevalier de | Washington, George | To George Washington from Pierre, chevalier de Gimel, 2 … | 1787-06-02 | on me mande de paris, Monsieur, que Mr Le Mis de Lafayette, y est malade, et qui ne pourra peut... |
| 26 | Shreve, Israel | Washington, George | To George Washington from Israel Shreve, 7 April 1787 | 1787-04-07 | I wrote two Letters to you Dated Last month But the Conveyance is So uncertain, I once more... |
| 27 | Humphreys, David | Washington, George | To George Washington from David Humphreys, 13 August … | 1787-08-13 | I would not trespass upon your time, while I knew you was occupied in such momentuous affairs, as... |
| 28 | Rumsey, James | Washington, George | To George Washington from James Rumsey, 17 December … | 1787-12-17 | Inclosed you have Coppies of two Certificates of what the Boat performed at Sum tryals we have... |
| 29 | Mauduit du Plessis, Thomas-Antoine, chevalier de | Washington, George | To George Washington from Mauduit du Plessis, 12 … | 1787-02-12 | I have not forgot the attention with which your Excellency treated me when I was at Mount Vernon,... |
| 30 | Madison, James | Washington, George | To George Washington from James Madison, 14 October … | 1787-10-14 | The letter herewith inclosed was put into my hands yesterday by Mr de Crœvecuoer who belongs to... |