68381To George Washington from John Posey, 16 September 1767 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from John Posey, 16 Sept. 1767. On 24 Sept. GW wrote to Posey : “Having receivd your Letters of Wednesday last [16 Sept.] and today.”
68382From George Washington to John Francis Mercer, 6 March 1786 (Washington Papers)
The Treasurer of the Potomack Company being desired by the Directors of it to send a careful hand to Annapolis for the advance due on the State subscription; I pray you to pay the Bearer (who will be that person) the £200—for which you requested me to draw on you at that place. I am Dr Sir &c. P.S. Since writing to you the 30th of Jany on this subject—I have myself sent the 20 guineas &c. to...
68383To George Washington from Marie-Joseph-Paul-Yves-Roch-Gilbert du Motier, marquis de Lafayette, 16 October 1781 (Washington Papers)
Your Excellency having personally seen our dispositions, I shall only give an account of what passed in the execution. Colonel Gimat’s batallion led the van, and was followed by that of Colonel Hamilton’s, who commanded the whole advanced corps, at the same time a party of eighty men, under Col. Laurens, turned the redoubt. I beg leave to refer your Excellency to the report I have received...
68384To Benjamin Franklin from Ferdinand Grand, 5 January 1783 (Franklin Papers)
LS : Historical Society of Pennsylvania La lettre dont vous m’avez honoré me demande mon Opinion sur celle qu’elle renfermoit de Mrs. Lecouteulx &c qui desirent scavoir si vous pouvez vous engager de leur fournir jusqu’à Deux Millions & demi pour les Achats de Piastres quils ont à faire pour M. Morris. Je ne puis ni ne dois avoir d’Opinion à ce sujet, mais pour fixer la vôtre, Monsieur, je...
68385To James Madison from Thomas Jefferson, 11 December 1783 (Madison Papers)
RC ( LC : Madison Papers). Cover addressed to “James Madison junr. esq. Orange. to the care of mr Jas. Maury Fredericksburg.” Docketed by JM, “Ths. Jefferson Dec 11. 1783.” Your determination to avail yourself of the fine weather proved I fear a very unfortunate one. I pitied your probable situation in the tempestuous season which immediately succeeded your departure. it is now above a...
68386To James Madison from Thomas Newton, 26 February 1807 (Madison Papers)
The inclosed I have just recieved & forward for your Consideration, it appears that Capt Douglass is determind, not deliver any of our poor Seamen, if their birth be ever so well substantiated; Mr Bond the Consul at Philadelphia has obtaind a servant of Mr. Graffs for him, & I now have him to send Mr G’s man has four years to serve ⟨a⟩ ⟨n⟩egro. I am respectfully Yr Obt Servt. Mr. Graffs man...
68387To James Madison from James Jarvis, 30 July 1816 (Madison Papers)
Sir may I intrude on you so much as to write you this Letter and I hope you will not take as an insult from me, but my veins swells within me to hear you runn down so, although I am in British Government, yet that does not make me forget my native country, if I should hear a boy of my size say any thing against my country I would die beneath his feet before I would surrender I was formerly of...
68388To George Washington from the Field Officers of Brigadier General John Sullivan’s Brigade, 20 October 1775 (Washington Papers)
The Repeated Complaints of our Officers & Men with Respect to our back allowance of Pease, or the Value thereof in Money, not being delivered to them, & the exorbitant Prices at which the Sauce in the Comissary’s Store is set—Induces us to pray that your Excellency would order a Court of Enquiry to examine into the Conduct of the Commissary Genl. 1st For not delivering out our back allowance...
68389To James Madison from Stephen Cathalan, Jr., 2 July 1802 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
2 July 1802, Marseilles. Encloses lists of American vessels that entered and cleared the port between 1 January and 30 June 1802 [not found]. Last vessels left under Swedish convoy. States that on 10 June 1799 he sent Timothy Pickering “an account of my disbursements for printing Consultations of Doctors on The yellow feaver &ca.” but Pickering never acknowledged receipt of it. Encloses an...
68390To James Madison from George Joy, 31 May 1809 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
31 May 1809, London. Has read the parliamentary debates on the Erskine agreement, which “are best reported in the Chronicle.” No doubt JM is better informed “than we can be here.” Encloses a copy of the instructions accompanying the 26 Apr. revision of the orders in council, as well as his letter to Canning in which Joy expresses his disappointment at the foreign secretary’s adamant stand...