174461To George Washington from Major General John Sullivan, 2 March 1778 (Washington Papers)
Nothing can be more painful to me than the Repetition of a request which is known to be Disagreable to a Commander to whom America in General & myself in particular Stand So much indebted—after So polite a Refusal as I have once had I Should have Remained forever Silent upon the Subject: did not pure necessity which knows no Law Compell me to repeat my request —I Sincerely Lament my being...
174462To Thomas Jefferson from Maryland" Pseudonym: "A Citizen of Washington County, 23 February 1807 (Jefferson Papers)
At a time, when addresses are pouring in upon you from every quarter of the Union, requesting that you will again consent to fill the Presidential chair, for another constitutional term, after the expiration of the present, it may appear an unwarrantable presumption in a single individual to dare to offer his opinion, especially as it is not in unison with the sentiments expressed in the...
174463To James Madison from Bartholomew Dandridge, Jr., 31 March 1795 (Madison Papers)
Bw. Dandridge presents his compliments to Mr. Madison, & by direction of The President, asks the pleasure of Mr. & Mrs. Madisons company to dine in a family way tomorrow at 3 o’Clock. P.S. Will Mr. Madison be good enough to give the enclosed letter a conveyance to G S Washington? RC ( MdAN ). Addressed by Dandridge. Bartholomew Dandridge, Jr. (d. 1802), a nephew of Martha Washington, had...
174464To Thomas Jefferson from Gustavus H. Scott, 31 May 1825 (Jefferson Papers)
I am induced by the great interest which you manifest in behalf of the V a University, to beg the favor of you to forward me a copy of the laws by which it is regulated—Should those laws not particularize the qualifications requisite for a person applying for admission into any one the classes, I will thank you to name them; as also to give me any other information relative to the institution...
174465[Diary entry: 7 November 1774] (Washington Papers)
7. Mr. Martin Cockburn & Mr. Geo. Mason Junr. dined here. George Mason, Jr. (1753–1796), was the eldest son of George and Ann Eilbeck Mason of Gunston Hall. He married Elizabeth Mary Ann Barnes Hooe and settled at Lexington in Mason’s Neck.
174466From George Washington to John Hancock, 1 April 1776 (Washington Papers)
This Letter will be deliver’d you by Jonathan Eddy Esq. the Gentlemen from Nova Scotia who I mention’d to you in mine of the 27th Ulto. He seem’d desirous of waiting on the Honorable Congress in Order to lay before them the state of public Affairs, and situation of the Inhabitants of that Province; and as it might be in his power to communicate many things personally, which could not be so...
174467To George Washington from William Fairfax, 17 June 1757 (Washington Papers)
I receiv’d yr Express this Morning at Belvoir in Compa. with Mr & Mrs Carlyle and soon after set off hither to consult with Majr West, the Captains Ramsay, Dalton, Terrett &c. On which have sent Orders to have the Several Companys to meet at different Rendezvous to morrow and Sunday, in hopes of making therefrom a Detachment of an hundred Men to meet at Mr Wm West’s on Monday night or Tuesday...
174468From George Washington to Major General Philip Schuyler, 24 July 1777 (Washington Papers)
Your two Favors of the 21st & 22d Instant with the inclosed papers are come to Hand. I lament, that you have not yet been joined by a larger Number of Militia, and that it has been found necessary to dismiss a part, even of those that have come to your Assistance, notwithstanding their presence is at this Time so urgently wanted—I am however in Hopes that your Situation will soon wear a more...
174469From John Adams to Oliver Wolcott, Jr., 2 August 1799 (Adams Papers)
I have received your report of the 24th of July 24th & have read the documents which attended to it, & now return them all to you. I agree with you, that a new appointment of a collector of Alexandria appears to be indispensibly required by the public interests. I hope we shall obtain information of the best character for a successor. MHi : Adams Family Papers, Letterbooks.
174470To Benjamin Franklin from Samuel Cooper, 25 July 1780 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society I have but a Moment to write by the Mars a Vessel belonging to this State, the Voyage having been kept secret upon political Accounts. I congratulate you on the Arrival of the Fleet from Brest, under the Orders of the Chevalier de Ternay, at Newport, after a Passage of about ten Weeks; not a single Vessel of the whole Fleet missing. You will hear before...