27421To George Washington from James Cannon, 28 August 1780 (Washington Papers)
I have it in Charge by Message from Mr Gadsden to apply to your Excellency on his Behalf to obtain his Exchange. Your Knowledge of Mr Gadsden, & Disposition to serve your Fellow Citizens, particularly Men of Mr Gadsden’s rank & Merit, who must feel very unhappy, & meet with many Insults while in the Hands of the Enemy, make it unnecessary to urge your Excellency on the Occasion—I would only...
27422To George Washington from John Canon, 2 June 1790 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from John Canon, 2 June 1790. In a letter to John Canon of 25 June 1790 , GW refers to a letter of “the 2. instant.”
27423To George Washington from John Canon, 17 March 1791 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from John Canon, 17 Mar. 1791. In a letter to John Canon, dated 9 April 1791, Tobias Lear refers to a letter Canon “wrote to the President of the United States on the 17. of last month.”
27424To George Washington from John Canon, 29 January 1789 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from John Canon, 29 Jan. 1789. On 22 Mar. GW wrote to Canon : “I have received your letter of the 29th of January.”
27425To George Washington from John Canon, 10 August 1791 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from John Canon, 10 Aug. 1791. In a letter of 7 Sept. to Canon, GW referred to Canon’s letter “of the 10 of August.”
27426To George Washington from John Canon, 22 January 1787 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from John Canon, 22 Jan. 1787. On 13 April GW wrote Canon : “I have recd your letter of 22d of Jany.”
27427To George Washington from John Canon, 23 November 1794 (Washington Papers)
I expect By this Time you have Received the balance of My Bond. and had it not been for the Present Troubles Which For Various Raisons such as mistake Bad Council and dread of my own safety both in person and Property I Have been led fare Astray To my grate mortifycation, I should have sent you a Considerable sum more, but your buisness so fare as it has been in my Hands shall be fairly...
27428To George Washington from Matthew Cantine, 11 December 1776 (Washington Papers)
I am directed by the Convention of the State of New York to transmit to your Excellency the enclosed Resolves, by which it will appear that we have made every exertion in favour of our Sister States which our present Situation will admit. But we are extreamly Sorry to find by a Letter received last Night from General Heath, that he is ordered over to the West Shore; by Reasons of which the...
27429John Jay, Charles De Witt, Zephaniah Platt, Matthew Cantine, and Christopher Tappen to Egbert Benson, 2 June 1777 (Jay Papers)
As Committees from the Counties of orange Ulster & Dutches are to meet at New Windsor tomorrow for the Important Purpose of agreeing on the men proper to fill the great offices of Government, we take the Liberty of communicating to you our Sentiments on that Subject in full confidence that should they concur with your own, you will exert yourself in giving them Influence. Gen. Schuyler arrived...
27430To Benjamin Franklin from ——— Cantini, 28 December 1777: résumé (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society <Paris, December 28, 1777, in French: I enclose a letter for you from a merchant of this city, and will forward your reply.>