20251From Alexander Hamilton to John Chaloner, [1 December 1786] (Hamilton Papers)
I send you the bill drawn on Mr. Ray protested as you desire in your last. You will be so good as to send forward the Specie by the first opportunity as the Packet sails in a short time. Yr Obed serv ALS , Historical Society of Pennsylvania. See H to John Chaloner, November 22, 1786 .
20252From Alexander Hamilton to John Chaloner, 8 February 1784 (Hamilton Papers)
[ New York, February 8, 1784. On February 12, 1784, Chaloner wrote to Hamilton : “Your two favours of the fifth & Eighth Instant are both reced.” Letter of February 8 not found. ]
20253From Alexander Hamilton to John Chaloner, 12 February 1784 (Hamilton Papers)
[ New York, February 12, 1784. On February 17, 1784, Chaloner wrote to Hamilton : “Yours of the 12th. Instant I have just reced.” Letter not found. ]
20254From George Washington to John Chaloner, 26 March 1778 (Washington Papers)
You are to delay no time in providing a quantity of Indian Meal, as a number of Men are expected to join the Army soon who will have to undergo Inoculation for the Smallpox. I am &ca ADfS , DLC:GW ; Varick transcript , DLC:GW . The draft is docketed in part, “Copy of a Letter to the purchg Comy.” On 27 Mar., Chaloner, the assistant commissary general of purchases with the army at Valley Forge,...
20255From Alexander Hamilton to John Chaloner, [11 June 1793] (Hamilton Papers)
Mr. Hamilton presents his Compliments to Mr Chaloner requests to be informed what is the amount of the Mortgage on Holkers land in which Mr. Church is interested principal & interest & what proportion belongs to Mr. Church. The inquiry demands dispatch. AL , Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. Chaloner was a Philadelphia merchant who formerly handled the business affairs of...
20256From Alexander Hamilton to John Chaloner, [1 May 1783] (Hamilton Papers)
Col Hamilton’s compliments to Mr. Chaloner, incloses him a note which he promised Col Wadsworth to leave with Mr Chaloner. The date is blank which Mr Chaloner will be so good as to fill up from the time Col Wadsworth left this city. AL , Mr. James H. Welch, Canton, Ohio. Chaloner, a Philadelphia merchant, was assistant commissary of purchases for the Continental Army during the American...
20257From Alexander Hamilton to John Chaloner, 22 March 1784 (Hamilton Papers)
[ New York, March 22, 1784. On March 25, 1784, Chaloner wrote to Hamilton : “Yours of the 22d Instant I have just now reced.” Letter not found. ]
20258From Alexander Hamilton to John Chaloner, [22 August 1783] (Hamilton Papers)
Mrs. Hamilton has requested her sister who left this a few days since on her way to Philadelphia to purchase a few articles there for her, and if she found it necessary to apply to you for the money. I will be obliged to you to advance it on my account and I will in a short time repay it. We have accounts here that induce us to believe Carleton has received final orders for the evacuation of...
20259From Alexander Hamilton to John Chaloner, 2 August 1783 (Hamilton Papers)
[ New York, August 2, 1783. On August 14, 1783 , Chaloner wrote to Hamilton: “Your favr of the 2nd. reached me the 12th Instant.” Letter not found. ]
20260From Alexander Hamilton to John Chaloner, [11 November 1784] (Hamilton Papers)
Mrs. Renselaaer has requested me to write to you concerning a negro, Ben, formerly belonging to Mrs. Carter who was sold for a term of years to Major Jackson. Mrs. Church has written to her sister that she is very desirous of having him back again; and you are requested if Major Jackson will part with him to purchase his remaining time for Mrs. Church and to send him on to me. There are also...
20261From Alexander Hamilton to John Chaloner, [3 December 1791] (Hamilton Papers)
I request you will not take any step respecting the land mortgaged by Mr. Holker for Mr. Church’s debt without first consulting me. I am Sir Your obedient servt ALS , Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. During the seventeen-eighties Chaloner, a Philadelphia merchant, had served as the Philadelphia agent for John B. Church and Jeremiah Wadsworth. John Holker, who had served as...
20262From Alexander Hamilton to John Chaloner, [17–]18 May 1784 (Hamilton Papers)
By this post will come to you a letter from General Schuyler, in which you will perceive he has desired me to draw upon you for a sum of money. The object is to pay for a lot purchased for Mr Carter. The amount of the sum wanted is £2800 this Currency. A bill upon Philadelphia cannot be sold here ⟨without⟩ considerable discount. I am therefore to request you will forward it by trusty persons...
20263From Alexander Hamilton to John Chaloner, [30 October 1786] (Hamilton Papers)
Inclosed I send you Mr. Church’s Power of Atty to me to receive his bank dividends &c. and a power from me to you to receive the last and the next . I will be obliged to you to get the money & forward it by the first proper opportuni[t]y to this place. Pray let me know how matters go on with the bank. What is intended? When is the next election of Directors? Can bank stock be sold at any rate...
20264From Alexander Hamilton to John Chaloner, [22 November 1786] (Hamilton Papers)
I received your letter with the draft on Mr Ray which I presented immediately. He would not accept it payable in specie. I did not protest because by your letter it appears to be an affair of accomodation and that you retain the money in your hands. Nor do I now return the draft because Mr. Ray tells me endeavours are making to turn paper into specie for the payment of it; if these do not...
20265From Alexander Hamilton to John Chaloner, 15 January 1784 (Hamilton Papers)
[ New York, January 15, 1784. On January 21, 1784, Chaloner wrote to Hamilton : “I have before me yours of the 8th. & 15th Instt.” Letter of January 15 not found. ]
20266From Alexander Hamilton to John Chaloner, 5 February 1784 (Hamilton Papers)
[ New York, February 5, 1784. On February 12, 1784, Chaloner wrote to Hamilton : “Your two favours of the fifth & Eighth Instant are both reced.” Letter of February 5 not found. ]
20267From Alexander Hamilton to John Chaloner, [10 March 1786] (Hamilton Papers)
On the subject of the Ships I am to request you will sell them on the best Terms you can. I would mean one eighth of them absolutely as they now stand, without any consideration of expences incurred, for all these must come of course into a general account between the concerned. If Mr. Wilcox will give me as much as another so much the better. You may accommodate him as to the time of payment...
20268From Alexander Hamilton to John Chaloner, [26 October 1792] (Hamilton Papers)
Mr. Hamiltons Compliments to Mr. Chaloner requests to know who is the other joint Morgagee with Mr. Church of Mr. Holker’s land; and whether he is informed of proceedings having been begun for effecting a sale of the land upon the Mortgage. AL , Mr. James H. Welch, Canton, Ohio. For information concerning the contents of this letter, see H to Chaloner, June 11, 1793 ( PAH Harold C. Syrett,...
20269From Alexander Hamilton to John Chaloner, [2 February 1785] (Hamilton Papers)
[ New York, February 2, 1785. “I have received your letter with the state of the case enclosed. If you can make no arrangement for securing Mr. Carter without the assistance of the law, I am upon the whole of opinion it will be advisable to rely on the first bill of exchange, instituting another suit against Turnbull Marmie & Co. Though it may be a question whether they are not discharged by...
20270From Alexander Hamilton to John Chaloner, [16 March 1786] (Hamilton Papers)
March 16th. The above is copy of mine which went by a private hand inclosing the original of a letter to Mr. Wilcox of which the inclosed is a Copy. Yrs ALS , Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. H to Chaloner, March 10, 1786 . H to John Wilcocks, March 10, 1786 .
20271Enclosure: Farmers-General to Chalon, 18 November 1789 (Jefferson Papers)
Vous nous faites part, Monsieur, par votre Lettre du 10. De ce mois de la demande qui vous a été faite par M. de La Motte Négociant de Votre Ville relativement à L’Armement de plusieurs Navires François qu’il se propose d’expédier pour aller chercher des Grains dans L’Amérique Septentrionale. Vous nous marquez que c’est ce Négociant qui a été chargé par M. de Jefferson de vous présenter les...
20272Thomas Jefferson to Jason Chamberlain, 1 July 1814 (Jefferson Papers)
I thank you for the copy of the Iroquois Spelling book , as also for your inaugural oration on the subject of Classical learning: and I entirely concur in your estimate of the great value of the latter. to the models left us by the Greeks & Romans are we principally indebted for the chaste and rational style of modern composition, instead of the inflated & vague manner of the Eastern &...
20273Thomas Jefferson to Jason Chamberlain, 16 March 1814 (Jefferson Papers)
I thank you for the Indian pamphlets you have been so kind as to send to me. they add to the remains of a considerable collection of their vocabularies which I had availed myself of every opportunity of procuring, but the greater part of which was lost by an accident. if ever we are to know any thing of their early relations with the other nations of the world, I am persuaded it is to be...
20274From Thomas Jefferson to Elizabeth Chamberlayne, 24 November 1805 (Jefferson Papers)
Your letter of the 8th. was recieved in due time. on considering it’s contents it appeared to me that the most eligible thing which could be done for your son would be to place him among the midshipmen of the Navy. this is a corps of young gentlemen of the best characters & standing from different parts of the Union who are destined for future commands in the Navy. the state of a midshipman is...
20275Thomas Jefferson to William Chamberlayne, 11 December 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
The preceding is a copy of a letter I wrote & sent you at it’s date, addressed to you near N. Kent C.H. as this will be. by a letter mr Randolph has just recieved from you, as well as from my not having recieved any answer, we both conclude that you have not recieved my letter altho’ sent by post. I therefore send this duplicate, adding to the information therein given that the man never got...
20276Thomas Jefferson to William Chamberlayne, 4 April 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favor of Feb. 6. was duly recieved. I am now beginning to get my crop to market where ( Richmond ) it will be deposited in the hands of Mess rs Gibson & Jefferson for sale, and as soon as the proceeds shall be recieved I will send you an order for the amount of the negro hire as stated below. I have given credit for the time that Tom Buck worked as if he had been a sound hand, and charged...
20277Thomas Jefferson to William Chamberlayne, 17 August 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
Towards the latter end of the last year Col o Tho s M. Randolph informed me he had in his possession, on hire, 4 negroes of the property of the late mr Shackleford which he did not mean to keep another year, & knew that they would be to hire, & at the same price of £50. which he had given. I agreed to take them at that price, and they were to come to me after the Christmas h H ollidays when...
20278Thomas Jefferson to William Chamberlayne, 24 June 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
I have been longer than I had hoped in getting my produce to market & sold. it now enables me to inclose you a draught on Mess rs Gibson & Jefferson of Richmond for fifty nine dollars 74. Cents, the balance due according to the statement in my letter of Apr. 4. & your answer . I inclose you D r Everett’s account for his attendance on the negro man
20279Thomas Jefferson to William Chamberlayne, 6 January 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favor of Dec. 27. has been duly recieved, and I now send you a copy of D r Everett’s account for his attendance on Tom Buck . James Lewis’s account for boarding him (and he was continued there no longer than till the Doctor thought that plantation attentions would be sufficient) I cannot now lay my hands on, tho’ I have diligently searched for it among my papers. but I possess it, and...
20280From George Washington to Samuel Chamberline, 3 April 1788 (Washington Papers)
I have been favored with your letter of the 10 Ulto and feel myself much obliged by the communication of your mode of cropping, which you have been pleased to make to me. Every improvement in husbandry should be gratefully received and peculiarly fostered in this Country, not only as promoting the interest and lessening the labour of the farmer, but as advancing our respectability in a...