24951Henry Knox to Bartholomew Dandridge, Jr., 14 May 1794 (Washington Papers)
Please to submit the enclosed letter to the President of the U.S., which is conformable to the principles agreed upon by the heads of departments and the attorney General The secretary of state has agreed to the draft, but the secretary of the treasury has been too busy to peruse it. If the President should approve it, I beleive it may yet be put on board the active Capt. Welsh for charleston,...
24952Timothy Pickering to Bartholomew Dandridge, Jr., February 1795 (Washington Papers)
Mr Dandridge will be pleased to hand the inclosed letter and papers from Genl Wayne to the President. The result of the Conference at Greenville between General Wayne & the Indians is this. That a general treaty shall be held at Greenville about the 15th of next June, with the Chippawas, Ottawas, Pattawatamies, Sakies and Miamis, to conclude on articles of peace; agreeably to preliminary...
24953From Samuel A. Otis to Bartholomew Dandridge, Jr., 8 April 1795 (Washington Papers)
I return you the book containing a copy of the proceedings of the Senate in their Executive capacity, which I am ordered to lay before the President of the U. States. I have the honor to be Your most humble Sert ALS , DNA : RG 59, Miscellaneous Letters. The Third Congress, second session, sat from 3 November 1794 to 3 March 1795.
24954From Timothy Pickering to Bartholomew Dandridge, Jr., 27 June 1795 (Washington Papers)
Mr Dandridge will be pleased, at a convenient time, to lay the inclosed letter before the President. The writer, David Campbell, of the southwestern territory, begged it might be presented; otherwise The Secretary of War would not have troubled the President with its perusal. It contains merely an eulogy on Governor Blount, as the writer says “in energetic strains.” He aims at the poetic...
24955Henry Knox to Bartholomew Dandridge, Jr., 29 January 1794 (Washington Papers)
Please to submit the papers herein enclosed to the President of the United States—Those marked with red Ink have been copied to be presented to Congress with the message to morrow —The letter to General Pickens being a private letter seems upon further consideration not proper to be submitted —Governor Blounts letter of the 27. December and the enclosures have not been copied they being...
24956Augustine Jaquelin Smith to Bartholomew Dandridge, Jr., 23 February 1796 (Washington Papers)
The President of the United States in his advertisement of sundry lands has referred persons desirous of becoming purchasers to you for information. I should be glad to know whether his Lands on the Kanhawa are as yet undisposed of, what are the prices of the several tracts, & whether the whole taken together would not be sold on lower terms than separately Your answer sir may perhaps lead to...
24957George Taylor, Jr., to Bartholomew Dandridge, Jr., 5 September 1793 (Washington Papers)
G. Taylor Jr presents his respectful Compliments to Mr Dandridge—and informs him that Mr Jefferson desired the Commissions to be filled up agreeably to the Presidents desire on the day the present ones should determine, which will be on the 26 of the present month. This has accordingly been done having all been commissioned on that day in 1789. Will Mr Dandridge be so obliging as to send 100...
24958From George Washington to Francis Dandridge, 20 September 1765 (Washington Papers)
If you will permit me after six years silence—the time I have been married to your Niece—to pay my respects to you in this Epistolary way I shall think myself happy in beginning a corrispondance which cannot but be attended with pleasure on my side. I shoud hardly have taken the liberty Sir, of Introducing myself to your acquaintance in this manner, and at this time, least you shoud think my...
24959From George Washington to John Dandridge, 11 April 1789 (Washington Papers)
I have duly received your letter of the 2d Instt—and in replying to it, again assure you, with great sincerity, that whatever my own wants of money may be if you think more than £800 can (by waiting till times get a little better) be had for your Land in Gloucester County it will be perfectly agreeable to me to let the debt due to me from your fathers Estate remain on its present footing. For...
24960From George Washington to John Dandridge, 11 July 1796 (Washington Papers)
I have received, at this plac⟨e,⟩ your letter of the 23d Ulto; but long after the date of it. whether occasioned by neglect in the Post Offices, or by its having made a journey to Philadelphia & back, I know not. With respect to the Negroes—Frederick, George, Burwell & Pleasant—I have no objection to your taking them with you to your new habitation; Provided you can arrange matters with your...
24961From George Washington to John Dandridge, 2 October 1791 (Washington Papers)
Your letter of the 6th ultimo found me at this place—but not until it had travelled to Philadelphia and back again. As I never entertained a suspicion of your having any intention to impose upon me by a misrepresentation of the assets of your Father’s estate—So you and your good Mother may rest assured that I have no disposition to contribute to her distresses by withdrawing from her the use...
24962From George Washington to John Dandridge, 28 May 1795 (Washington Papers)
Whereas John Dandridge Esquire of New Kent County, Virginia, has made known to me that he can advantageously dispose of a young negro man called Anderson belonging to me & now in possession of said Dandridge, I hereby give my approbation to, & ratify any sale which he the said Dandridge may think proper to make on my behalf of said negro Anderson. DS (letterpress copy), DLC:GW ; LB , DLC:GW ....
24963From George Washington to John Dandridge, 18 November 1788 (Washington Papers)
Your letter of the 27th Ulto came duly to hand, but company and other occurrences have with-held my acknowledgment of it till now. It is not my wish to add Land or Slaves to my present possessions but much less is it my desire to distress your father’s Estate by insisting on Cash in discharge of his Bonds. Western Lands, however valuable and productive they may be to residents have been found...
24964From George Washington to John Dandridge, 26 March 1789 (Washington Papers)
The enclosed letters will shew you the reason of my not having written to you sooner upon the subject of the Land which you offered me. If the valuation mentioned by Colonel Lewis is agreeable to you I will take it at that; but if you think the price too low I am willing to wait for the payment of the debt due from your fathers Estate until you can discharge it by some other means more...
24965From George Washington to Julius Burbidge Dandridge, 25 March 1799 (Washington Papers)
The enclosed came undercover to me a few days ago, and not knowing into whose hands better to place it than yours, I forward it to you accordingly. The doing so, furnishes an opportunity of condoling with you, and the other friends of Mr John Dandridge, on his death; an event I sincerely regretted. From the Superscription, I know the enclosed letter is from your brother Bartholomew; who, no...
24966Thomas Jefferson to Julius B. Dandridge, 17 October 1819 (SJL description) (Jefferson Papers)
[ Monticello , 17 Oct. 1819 . SJL entry reads “I will write as soon as able.” Letter not found.]
24967Thomas Jefferson to Julius B. Dandridge, 19 November [1819] (Jefferson Papers)
I now return you the deed of Trust recieved from you, executed and certified by 2. magistrates to have been acknoleged before them, to authorise it’s admission to record in Bedford . but I have made one alteration of indispensable justice. the draught authorised a sale on 2. weeks publication in some newspaper of Virgini a. the abuse which might have been possible under this is obvious,...
24968Thomas Jefferson to Julius B. Dandridge, 18 December 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
Th: Jefferson presents his compliments to mr Dandrid ge and incloses him a certificate of the record of his deed of trust in the Bedford office, with the assurance of his great respect. PoC ( MHi ); on verso of reused address cover to TJ; dateline at foot of text; edge trimmed; endorsed by TJ. For the certificate of the record , see note to TJ’s Deed of Trust of Bedford County Land to Andrew...
24969Thomas Jefferson to Julius B. Dandridge, 3 November 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
My slow recovery at first, and afterwards the distance of Col o Nicholas ’s residence from mine, have retarded the transmission of the inclosed papers uneasily to me. I now forward a bond with the amendment of terms desired in your letter , and a rough draught of the deed of trust with the changes also recommended. these will be readily distinguished by their incorporation into the original...
24970Thomas Jefferson to Julius B. Dandridge, 31 August 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
Your letter of the 19 th finds me at an occasional, but very distant residence from Monticello , and the delays of the cross post between the two places, have prevented my recieving it till yesterday evening. it was the same cause which delayed my reciept from mr Nicholas of his two notes for renewal which I endorsed and forwarded the next day after their reciept by the Lynchburg mail to...
24971Thomas Jefferson to William Dandridge, 5 April 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
On the 14 th of Feb. 1816. mr Saunders deposited in your bank 635.48 D for John Baptist Fancelli of Italy , subject to my order. M r Fancelli having now drawn on me for the deposit I have given to mr Thomas Perkins of Boston , holder of the bill, an order on you, written on the back of your certificate of the deposit which be pleased to honor at sight. PoC
24972From George Washington to William Dandridge, 20 May 1762 (Washington Papers)
Soon after the Appraisment of the Decd Colo. Custis’s Estate it seemed to be a matter of doubt whether Davy (a boy) who was appraised among his Negroes belonged to him, or Mr Dandridge your Father. Your Bro: then having, as I have understood, the Administration of his Affairs, conceived him to be the property of the latter and offered the boy to Mrs Washington at the Appraisment price, which...
24973From Thomas Jefferson to William Dandridge, 7 October 1807 (Jefferson Papers)
To Capt. William Dandridge and the Henrico junior Volunteer infantry attached to the 33d. regiment of Virginia Militia. The offer of your service in supporting the rights of your country merits & meets the highest praise; & whenever the moment arrives in which these rights must appeal to the public arm for support, the spirit from which your offer flows, that which animates a nation, will be...
24974From John Adams to Allen Danforth, 18 May 1822 (Adams Papers)
I am so delighted with the idea of an Old Colony memorial; and so perfectly satisfied with the design and execution of the first number dated Saturday May the 4th. 1822—that I pray you to admit your my name among your subscribers and accept the inclosed Bill as my subscription for the first year— I have no disposition to Vilify the character of the illustrious William Penn, or to depreciate...
24975From Thomas Jefferson to Joshua Danforth, 29 July 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
The Editor of the Pittsfield Sun did for a while forward me the newspaper as mentioned in your favor of the 16th inst. which I recieved [here] a day or two after my arrival from Washington. I had [found] of the character you give [it]. what has discouraged me from taking distant papers is the difficulty of making paiments at a distance of so small amount as not to be the object of a bill of...
24976From Benjamin Franklin to Samuel Danforth, 25 July 1773 (Franklin Papers)
ALS (letterbook draft) and copy: Library of Congress It gave me great Pleasure to receive so chearful an Epistle from a Friend of half a Century’s Standing, and to see him commencing Life anew in so valuable a Son. I hope the young Gentleman’s Patent will be as [beneficial] to him as his Invention must be to the Publick. I see by the Papers that you continue to afford her your [services,]...
24977From Thomas Jefferson to Dangirard & De Vernon, 17 August 1786 (Jefferson Papers)
There appears to be due to Mark & co. for Messrs. de Vernon & Danguard Principal Interest to Dec. 31. 1785 Principal in livres Interest to Dec. 31. 85 From the treasury of the United States 4691 7/90 281.46.d. ₶ S ₶ S 24,628. 4 1,477.13 From the treasury
24978John Adams to Daniel Crommelin & Sons, 26 March 1784 (Adams Papers)
I have receiv’d the Letter you did me, the Honour to write me, on the twenty fourth of this month, and upon looking into the Treaty, I suspect you have not a right Copy. It is the 27 th: Article, which relates to the subject of shipping sailors, and not the 28 th as you suppose. And upon reading over attentively the 27 th: Article, I am afraid of doing mischief if I were, to intermeddle, or...
24979Thomas Jefferson to Francis B. Deane, Willis Wilson, and John G. Daniel, 2 August 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
The subject of the bridge, on which you are pleased to consult me , is one to which I have paid too little attention to answer usefully. I am sorry therefore I cannot improve th e opportunity you give me of rendering a service the person fro m whom I think you can have the soundest advice is Thomas Moore , now employed as the engineer of the state . his causeway across an arm of the Patomac at...
24980Thomas Jefferson to Peter V. Daniel, 11 January 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favor of Dec. 22. did not get to hand till the 7 th inst t . it would have given me great pleasure to be able to furnish any useful information on the case of John Stadler ; & the more so as it would have been a gratification to the interest you take personally in the welfare of his family. the name does not sound new to me. but I have racked my recollection in vain as to any knolege of...