1To George Washington from George Steptoe Washington, 7 August 1799 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from George Steptoe Washington, 7 Aug. 1799. On 14 Aug. Tobias Lear wrote George Steptoe Washington: “The General has received your letter of the 7th inst.” ( DLC:GW ).
2To George Washington from George Lewis, 9 May 1799 (Washington Papers)
Being anxious to get a Command in the immediate Army, I wrote to a friend in Congress at an early day on the subject, expressing my desire to be with the Army, and requested him to signify the same to the Secretary of War, or so arrange the business as I might be considered a candidate for a Command—to this letter I have never received a reply, and am now inform’d by a friend, that my name is...
3To George Washington from William Price, 15 November 1799 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from William Price, 15 Nov. 1799. On 20 Nov. GW wrote Price that his “favour of the 15th instant” had come “duly to hand.”
4To George Washington from Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, 20 May 1799 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, 20 May 1799. On 5 June GW wrote Pinckney : “Your favor of the 20th Ulto from Mulberry Grove, came duly to hand.”
5To George Washington from Hepburn & Dundas, 19 November 1799 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from Hepburn & Dundas, 19 Nov. 1799. GW wrote the firm of Hepburn & Dundas on 23 Nov. : “Your letter of the 19th was recd yesterday.”
6To George Washington from John Avery, 2 October 1799 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from John Avery, 2 Oct. 1799. On 13 Oct. GW wrote Avery : “I have received your letter of the 2d instant.” Avery’s letter of 13 Oct. is printed as a note to GW’s letter to Avery of 25 September .
7To George Washington from Alexander White, 7 December 1799 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from Alexander White, 7 Dec. 1799. GW wrote White on 8 Dec. : “Your favour of yesterday I received this morning.”
8To George Washington from William Thornton, 3 October 1799 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from William Thornton, 3 Oct. 1799. On 6 Oct. GW wrote Thornton : “Your letter of the 3d was recd last Night.”
9To George Washington from Zechariah Lewis, 15 August 1799 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from Zechariah Lewis, 15 Aug. 1799. On 30 Aug. GW wrote Lewis that he had received his “favor of the 15th instant.”
10To George Washington from Auguste de Grasse, 20 August 1799 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from Auguste de Grasse, 20 Aug. 1799. On 9 Sept. GW wrote de Grasse : “I have received your letter of the 20th of August.”
11To George Washington from Daniel Morgan, 8 October 1799 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from Daniel Morgan, 8 Oct. 1799. In one of two letters that GW wrote Morgan on 26 Oct. he referred to Morgan’s “favour of the 8th instt.”
12To George Washington from Allyn Prior, 30 October 1799 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from Allyn Prior, 30 Oct. 1799. On 1 Nov. GW wrote Prior : “Your letter of the 30th Ulto came to my hands yesterday afternoon.”
13To George Washington from Samuel Sommers, 25 November 1799 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from Samuel Sommers, 25 Nov. 1799. On 28 Nov. GW wrote Sommers : “Colo. Little forwarded your letter of the 25th instant to me, yesterday evening.”
14To George Washington from Robert Boggess, 9 December 1799 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from Robert Boggess, 9 Dec. 1799. GW wrote Boggess on 10 Dec. : “In answer to your letter of yesterday’s date. . . .”
15To George Washington from Ralph Wormeley, 3 November 1799 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from Ralph Wormeley, Jr., 3 Nov. 1799. On 18 Nov. GW wrote Wormeley : “Your favour of the 3d Instant came duly to hand.”
16To George Washington from George Walker, 5 August 1799 (Washington Papers)
Being informed Sometime ago, that a Copy of a letter wrote to you by Doctor Thornton in May last, respecting the division of Some Squares on my ground in this City, with your reply to it, had been read by many in Georgetown, I had the curiosity to procure copies of these letters, with Dr Thornton’s protest on the Same Subject; all of which, are now before me —The whole design of Dr Thorntons...
17To George Washington from James Piercy, 27 November 1799 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from James Piercy, 27 Nov. 1799. On 1 Dec. GW wrote Piercy “In answer to your letter of the 27th Ulto.”
18To George Washington from Benjamin Stoddert, 16 October 1799 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from Benjamin Stoddert, 16 Oct. 1799. On 20 Oct. GW wrote Stoddert: “Your favor of the 16th instant was received this morning.”
19To George Washington from John Gill, 19 October 1799 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from John Gill, 19 Oct. 1799. On 22 Oct. GW wrote Gill : “I have been duly favoured with your letter of the 19th instant.”
20To George Washington from William Thornton, 24 September 1799 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from William Thornton, 24 Sept. 1799. On 29 Sept. GW wrote Thornton : “Your letter of the 24th instant . . . came to my hands.”
21To George Washington from Elias Boudinot, 8 November 1799 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from Elias Boudinot, 8 Nov. 1799. On 13 Nov. GW wrote Boudinot : “Your favour of the 8th instt was received by the last Mail to Alexand[ri]a.”
22To George Washington from William Thornton, 30 November 1799 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from William Thornton, 30 Nov. 1799. GW wrote Thornton on 1 Dec. : “Your favour of the 30th Ulto . . . came to my hands this morning.”
23To George Washington from Tench Francis, 27 September 1799 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from Tench Francis, 27 Sept. 1799. On 7 Oct. GW wrote Francis : “Your favr of the 27th Ulto is just recd.” See James McHenry to GW, 24 Aug. 1799, n.1 .
24To George Washington from Thomas (later Robert Treat) Paine, 12 August 1799 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from Thomas (later Robert Treat) Paine, 12 Aug. 1799. On 1 Sept. GW wrote Paine : “I have duly received your letter of the 12th of August.”
25To George Washington from Richard Kidder Meade, 22 July 1799 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from Richard Kidder Meade, 22 July 1799. On 12 Aug. GW wrote Meade that he “should have acknowledged the receipt of your favor of the 22d Ultimo.”
26To George Washington from William Thornton, 13 November 1799 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from William Thornton, 13 Nov. 1799. On 18 Nov. GW wrote Thornton : “Your favour of the 13th inst: came duly to hand.”
27To George Washington from John Avery, 2 September 1799 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from John Avery, 2 Sept. 1799. On 25 Sept. GW wrote Avery : “Your letter of the 2d instt came duly to hand.”
28To George Washington from Alexander Spotswood, 30 September 1799 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from Alexander Spotswood, 30 Sept. 1799. On 27 Oct. GW wrote Spotswood : “Your letter of the 30th ulto came duly to hand.”
29To George Washington from William Vans Murray, 26 July 1799 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from William Vans Murray, 26 July 1799. On 26 Oct. GW wrote Murray : “Within the space of a few days, I have been favoured with your letters of the 26th of July. . . .”
30To George Washington from Timothy Pickering, 3 December 1799 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from Timothy Pickering, 3 Dec. 1799. GW’s letter of 24 Nov. to Pickering is docketed by Pickering, “answd Decr 3d.”
31To George Washington from William W. Woodward, 19 November 1799 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from William W. Woodward, 19 Nov. 1799. On 24 Nov. GW wrote Woodward: “I have been favoured with your letter of the 19th Instant.”
32To George Washington from William Thornton, 7 December 1799 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from William Thornton, 7 Dec. 1799. GW thanked Thornton on 8 Dec. for “the communications contained in your letter of yesterday.”
33To George Washington from Benjamin Goodhue, 3 October 1799 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from Benjamin Goodhue, 3 Oct. 1799. GW wrote Goodhue on 22 Nov. : “Your favour of the 3d of Octr never came to my hands until last night.”
34To George Washington from Edward Rutledge, 3 August 1799 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from Edward Rutledge, 3 Aug. 1799. On 9 Sept. GW wrote Rutledge that he had received “your obliging favour of the 3d of Augt.”
35To George Washington from Robert Lewis, 10 September 1799 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from Robert Lewis, 10 Sept. 1799. GW wrote Lewis on 7 Dec. : “Your letter of the 10th of Septr came duly to hand.”
36To George Washington from James Anderson, 13 September 1799 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from James Anderson, 13 Sept. 1799. In his letter to Anderson of 16 Sept. GW refers to Anderson’s “letter of the 13th instant.”
37To George Washington from William Augustine Washington, 8 October 1799 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from William Augustine Washington, 8 Oct. 1799. On 29 Oct. GW wrote his nephew : “Your letter of the 8th instant has been duly received.”
38To George Washington from Thompson & Veitch, 27 August 1799 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from Thompson & Veitch, 27 Aug. 1799. On 30 Aug. GW apologized to Thompson & Veitch for “not acknowledging the receipt of your letter of the 27th instant sooner.”
39To George Washington from William Price, 25 November 1799 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from William Price, 25 Nov. 1799. GW wrote Price on 2 Dec. : “I have been duly favoured with your letter of the 25th Ulto.”
40To George Washington from William Vans Murray, 9 August 1799 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from William Vans Murray, 9 Aug. 1799. GW wrote Murray on 26 Oct. that he had just received a number of letters from him, including those dated the “9th and 17th of August.”
41To George Washington from William Augustine Washington, 15 September 1799 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from William Augustine Washington, 15 Sept. 1799. On 22 Sept. GW wrote his nephew: “Your letter of the 15th instt from New Post, has been received.”
42To George Washington from Jeremiah Olney, 13 July 1799 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from Jeremiah Olney, 13 July 1799. On 4 Aug. GW wrote Olney : “Your favor of the 13th Ulto . . . has been duly received.”
43To George Washington from Bryan Fairfax, 28 November 1799 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from Bryan Fairfax, 28 Nov. 1799. In a letter to Fairfax of 30 Nov. , GW refers to Fairfax’s “favour of the 28th Instt.”
44To George Washington from Burgess Ball, 16 September 1799 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from Burgess Ball, 16 Sept. 1799. On 22 Sept. GW wrote Ball : “Your letter of the 16th instt has been received.”
45To George Washington from Timothy Pickering, 5 November 1799 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from Timothy Pickering, 5 Nov. 1799. GW wrote Pickering on 24 Nov. : “Your favour of the 5th instant came to hand in due course.”
46To George Washington from John Gill, 16 October 1799 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from John Gill, 16 Oct. 1799. On 19 Oct. GW wrote Gill indicating that he had received Gill’s “letter of the 16th.”
47To George Washington from William Augustine Washington, 30 August 1799 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from William Augustine Washington, 30 Aug. 1799. On 7 Oct. GW wrote William Augustine Washington : “Strange as it may seem, it is nevertheless true, that your letter of the 30th of August never got to my hands until the 4th instant.”
48To George Washington from Charles Little, 27 November 1799 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from Charles Little, 27 Nov. 1799. GW wrote Little on 28 Nov. : “Mr Johnston delivered me your favour of yesterday.”
49To George Washington from Daniel Morgan, 19 October 1799 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from Daniel Morgan, 19 Oct. 1799. On 26 Oct. GW wrote Morgan : “I have been duly favoured with your letter of the 19th instant.”
50To George Washington from Clement Biddle, 1 December 1799 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from Clement Biddle, 1 Dec. 1799. GW wrote Biddle on 8 Dec. : “Your letters of the 23d Ulto and 1st instant have both been received.”