131681To Benjamin Franklin from Luke Ryan, 29 January 1780 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society I am happy in Informing your Excellency that my heath being perfectly restablished, my Good friend Mr. John Torris has fulfilled his promise, in purchasing for me the fine and Large Cutter of 150 tuns Lately commanded By Captain royer which I have Named the fearnot, mounting 18 Carriage Guns 6 pounders and 20 swivels and about 90 of the Ablest men Crew,...
131682To George Washington from Michael Ryan, 12 March 1790 (Washington Papers)
Some unforeseen accidents and a tedious indisposition have so derang’d my affairs that I am totally out of business, I would therefore willingly accept of any place in which I may be useful. Your former approbation of my conduct in a military line emboldens me to make this direct application. Should I be call’d forward on the arrangement of the militia or in any other Station it shall be my...
131683To George Washington from Major Michael Ryan, 9 April 1778 (Washington Papers)
It gives me pain to be under the Disagreeable Necessity of troubling you a Second time with matters concerning Myself, But when you are pleased to considder, how disagreeable it must be to me, to be acting in an Honorable Station in the army without rank, more especially as I once had rank in the Service, and was not deprived of that rank on account of any demerit of mine, that I know of, I...
131684To George Washington from Michael Ryan, 23 December 1787 (Washington Papers)
Having had the honor of being known to your Excelly in the Army I make bold to adress you, on a subject extremely interesting to me and perhaps not indifferent to your Excellency. A Mr Whitcroft of Annapolis and myself have lately by purchase become joint proprietors of Two Hundred thousand Acres of Land on the Western Waters of Virginia, Eighty thousand Acres of which lie contiguous to your...
131685To Benjamin Franklin from Charles [?] Rybot, 8 April 1777 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society I did not imagine you would have hesitated to pay me the trifling sum I disbursed for Mr. Wood, as had I not assisted him he must (as himself declared) have staid at Calais till you had, which besides the expence, might have been detrimental to your concerns by the delay; tis true I have no immediate call upon you, but as a man of known integrity; I am...
131686To John Adams from Captain Ryk, 2 September 1825 (Adams Papers)
Captain Ryk takes his leave and presents the Expression of his Veneration to His Excellency President Adams. Among all the pleasant recollections his stay in Boston never will fail to give him. certainly he allways will remember with the greatest interest that he had the honour to be introduced to the Veteran of the American liberty, ones the first Magistrate now the father of the first...
131687To James Madison from James V. S. Ryley, 16 February 1814 (Madison Papers)
I hope you will not think it presumption in me, in addressing you in the following manner— Often have I meditated upon the subjects on which I am about to address your Excellency; especially since the decliration of the present war, which I think a necessary one, I say necessary, if itself, it was on no other account, but our Northwestern frontiers, inhabeted (as I well know) by a poor...
131688To James Madison from James V. S. Ryley, 7 September 1811 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
7 September 1811, Schenectady. Has been informed by “A Gentleman Just arrived from Detroit,” that his son, John, is bound for Washington with a deputation of Ottawa chiefs “on subjects of National Concern.” In the present crisis of foreign relations “it behoves every real American … to exert himself for the public good”; suggests that the chiefs be sent via Schenectady on their return home, as...
131689To Thomas Jefferson from "S," 20 April 1802 (Jefferson Papers)
In our former presidents administration there was days appointed by that Honourable Gentleman for fasting & Prayer and which was observed as such throughout the whole continent; It is with extreem Reluctance that I must say, that nothing Similar to this has ever occurred Since Your administration, I am at a loss Sir to know what Your objections can be to Such a Step, is it because it is a...
131690To Thomas Jefferson from S. & J. H. Delap, 6 January 1787 (Jefferson Papers)
In the month of March 1785, Thomas Barclay Esquire appointed by the Honorable Congress of the United States of America to Audit the accounts of the different particulars who transacted business for that honorable body, called upon us for our accounts, which we furnished him to transmit them, and on which there is a balance due us of £79945. 4. Tournois; we have since been Deprived of any...