183201Introductory Note: Cabinet Meeting. Opinion on the Depredations of the Creek Indians Upon the State of Georgia, 29 May … (Hamilton Papers)
Throughout 1792 and the early months of 1793 the Washington Administration had received reports of Indian depredations and Spanish intrigue on the southern frontier. In 1790 the Creek Nation under the leadership of Alexander McGillivray had signed a treaty of peace and friendship with the United States at New York, which among other stipulations had provided for a survey of the boundary...
183202Editorial Note (Jefferson Papers)
On 21 Feb. 1818 the Virginia General Assembly approved “An Act appropriating part of the revenue of the Literary Fund, and for other purposes,” which authorized the creation of the University of Virginia . Under the provisions of the statute the governor was to appoint a commissioner from each of the state’s twenty-four senatorial districts to attend a meeting at the tavern in the Rockfish Gap...
183203Appendixes Nos. XLVI–LII: Letters from various authors, 22 July 1797–9 August 1797 (Hamilton Papers)
XLVI To James Monroe July 22, 1797 XLVII From James Monroe July 25, 1797 XLVIII To James Monroe July 28, 1797 XLIX From James Monroe July 31, 1797 L To James Monroe August 4, 1797 LI From James Monroe August 6, 1797 LII To James Monroe
183204To Benjamin Franklin from William Dunlap, 1 February 1766 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society It is now upwards of a Twelve month since I sail’d from Philadelphia for Barbados, in order to inspect into the State of my Affairs there, and if possible procure some Kind of Subsistance on the Spot that might Support my Family: When I arriv’d, I found my little Interest on the Island badly regulated, and the Partnership Accounts in worse Order; the...
183205To Benjamin Franklin from James Parker, 15 December 1766 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society Not having received any more than one Letter from you since last May: and the Packet expected this Month not arrived, while this Opportunity offering by a Merchant-man, I take the Liberty to scribble again to you, especially as I this Post have News from Mr. Foxcroft that you consent to allow me £20, per Annum more, for which I return you my Sincere and...
183206Editorial Note (Washington Papers)
General Lincoln did not complete this extended account of Shays’ Rebellion for GW until 4 Mar. 1787, a month after he had defeated and dispersed Daniel Shays’ followers at Petersham on 4 February. Hence Lincoln’s letter, to which GW responded on 23 Mar. 1787, served for GW not as a running report but as a recapitulation of developments in Massachusetts. It was primarily Henry Knox, the...
183207Description of a Public Dinner held for Thomas Jefferson in Richmond, [21 October 1809] [document added in digital … (Jefferson Papers)
On Saturday, a Public Dinner was given at the Eagle , in honor of Mr. Jefferson . A large and brilliant company attended. The guests invited, were Mr. Jefferson , the three Judges of the Court of Appeals , Col. Monroe , Judge Cabell , Messrs. Jerman Baker , &
183208Enclosure: [Statement of the Balance Which Remains], [24 August 1792] (Hamilton Papers)
By the act passed 12th August, 1790, making provision for the reduction of the Public Debt, section 2d, it is enacted, that all such surplus of the product of the duties arising from impost and tonnage to 31st December, 1790, after satisfying the several appropriations therein specified, shall be applied to the purchase of the public debt: Dollars. The product of said duties were, 3,026,070...
183209Enclosure: [Rank and Promotion Rules in the Army], [2 July 1799] (Hamilton Papers)
The following Rules have been adopted by the president of the United States relative to Rank and promotion in the Army. Rank The Field Officers of the Twelve Regiments of Infantry raised in pursuance of the Act of the 16th. July 1798 who served in the Regular Army during the late War and continued therein to the end thereof shall take rank of all others of the same Grade who were not in...
183210Editorial Note (Jefferson Papers)
The items below document Jefferson’s response to the insolvency of his friend and close family connection, Wilson Cary Nicholas . In May 1818 Jefferson had endorsed two notes totaling $20,000 for money that Nicholas owed to the Second Bank of the United States , thus making Jefferson personally liable for that amount if Nicholas could not pay. Large as it was, this sum was dwarfed by...