158041From George Washington to William Tilghman, 21 July 1793 (Washington Papers)
The death of my late Manager, Mr Anthony Whitting, making it necessary for me to look out for some person to supply his place, I take the advantage of the polite tender of your services, which you have heretofore been so obliging as to make me, to beg your assistance in obtaining and conveying to me, information of such characters in your part of the Country as are qualified to fill that...
158042From Alexander Hamilton to Jonathan Cass, 7 May 1800 (Hamilton Papers)
You will immediately put things in readiness for sending the men under your command to Pittsburg. The Deputy Quarter Master General has been instructed to take measures for their transportation, and will write to you on the subject. For such articles arms accoutrements and articles of camp equipage and utensils as you may stand in need of, you will make application founded on regular returns...
158043To Thomas Jefferson from Sarah McKean Irujo, 24 March 1802 (Jefferson Papers)
Madame d’Irujo presents her respectful compliments to Mr Jefferson, & has the honor to send him by the bearer, two dozen bottles of sweet Paxarete wine, which the Chevalier has spoken of, to Mr Jefferson. Madame d’—. would have had the pleasure to have sent it sooner, but being disturb’d in comeing from Philadelphia; waited till it became sufficiently fine to be presented. RC ( DLC ); at foot...
158044To George Washington from Brigadier General Nathanael Greene, 9 August 1776 (Washington Papers)
Col. Hand Reports the three Ships mentioned in my last Evenings Report gone down through the Narrows, are at Anchor in and a little below the Narrows—I was at Red Hook this morning about three OClock, but nothing further had been discovered neither has there since, that has come to my knowledge. General Herd gives furloughs to the Troops of Col. Foremans Regiment. I conceive it to be...
158045To George Washington from Richard Claiborne, 23 July 1789 (Washington Papers)
The 10. June last, I took the liberty of writing to Your Excellency, which Letter, I trust, you will have received. I am induced again to trouble Your Excellency, upon an occurrence of a public nature, which relates to the United States of America. A few days ago, a Captain Watson, commanding a Ship from New York, was informed against, by one of the Custom house officers of London, and the...
158046From George Washington to James Madison, 29 October 1785 (Washington Papers)
Receive my thanks for your obliging favor of the 20th—with its enclosure—of the latter I now avail myself in a letter to the Governor, for the General Assembly. Your delicate sensibility deserves my particular acknowledgements: both your requests are complied with—the first, by congeniality of sentiment; the second because I would fulfil your desire. Conceiving it would be better to suggest a...
158047To James Madison from Peterson Goodwyn and Others, 26 June 1812 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
26 June 1812, House of Representatives. “We beg leave to recommend … for a field appointment in the new army Capt. Winfield Scott, whose military pretensions are highly spoken of by men well qualified to Judge. Independently of Capt. Scott’s acquirements in tactics he is a gentleman of character talents and activity. His appointment would therefore be extremely gratifying to his friends.” RC (...
158048From Thomas Jefferson to James Duane, 10 September 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
The inclosed papers relate to an event of national importance and they are transmitted to you by the direction of the President of the United States: the district judges being the officers contemplated by law, as best suited to the execution of the 9th. article of the consular convention he thinks it desirable, that all such information, should, if possible be acted upon by the judicial power....
158049To Thomas Jefferson from Robert Smith, 9 March 1824 (Jefferson Papers)
You must know I have been waiting for an answer to my letter of respecting asking of you some aid having in the 1800 did the Deed that made you President of the United States, you must know it is 24 years this fourteenth of May that I left Philadelphia and travelled through (Delaware) Wilmington to Baltimore that I left Baltimore the 13th of June or thereabout to Chestertown and to Easton:...
158050From Thomas Jefferson to William Short, 26 July 1790 (Jefferson Papers)
My publick letter of this date will convey to you public information and there is little of a private nature which the newspapers will not give you. Your last letter to me was of Mar. 25. and was acknoleged in mine of May 27. Since that I have written you three short letters of June 6. July 1. and 8. to apprize you of the removal of government from hence to Philadelphia on the bare possibility...