77881To Alexander Hamilton from Ebenezer Stevens, 2 October 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
Eben. Stevens Agent for the War Department has the honor of laying before Major General Hamilton the following estimate of Carpenters tools necessary for hutting a Regiment. vizt. Three wood axes to each Company— 30 For the field & Staff— 20 Two cross cut saws & ten hand saws— 12 Six In. Augers Six hammers Twelve Masons trowels Two doz board nail gimblets Six Carpenters Adzes Two broad axes A...
77882To Thomas Jefferson from Steuben, 10 March 1781 (Jefferson Papers)
A number of boats are absolutely wanting. There are only seven in Colledge Creek and those without oars. The Quarter Master informs me Your Excellency will not give him Militia for the purpose of impressing boats , when they can not be procured by any other means. The want of them is alone sufficient to put an end to the Expedition. Tr ( NHi ); endorsed. TJ nevertheless issued warrants for...
77883Enclosure: Thomas Jefferson’s Account with Martin Dawson, [ca. 14 January 1818] (Jefferson Papers)
Thomas Jefferson Esqr 1817 In account with martin Dawson Aug t 1 To Watson & Dawson for your a/. due them this date viz 1816 Nov 25
77884From George Washington to Henry Knox, 19 February 1793 (Washington Papers)
I have given due consideration to the papers annexed. If the usage of the Army has been, that the Officer next in seniority has not only the right to fill the vacancy which is occasioned by death—Resignation—or dismission; but also (if adjudged worthy of promotion) to have his Commission dated at the time the said vacancy happened: And; as it appears that the resignation of Captn Mercer of the...
77885To Thomas Jefferson from Caesar Augustus Rodney, 10 May 1807 (Jefferson Papers)
I received by the last mail your favor of the 1st inst. returning to me the letters from my father. I now enclose you another from him of a subsequent date, which shews the weakness. folly & wickedness of Burr & his partizans. I feel very confident now that we shall have ample evidence to pronounce intent for Treason agt. Burr & Blennerhasset at the ensuing Court. I think an intelligent &...
77886To Thomas Jefferson from James Madison, 22 July 1802 (Jefferson Papers)
On consultation with the Secretary of the Navy, it has been concluded that the public service will be favored by sending the ship the General Greene, with the provisions & gun-carriages destined for the Mediterranean, instead of chartering a private vessel for the occasion. It has occurred also that as the period at which an annual remittance to Algiers will become due, will arrive before the...
77887To Thomas Jefferson from James Madison, 15 October 1804 (Jefferson Papers)
Perhaps the language may be a little more effectually guarded agst. the idea of making a sort of Stipulation the title to the appointment. All that can be effected is to strengthen his good dispositions, by his knowing that they were calculated on as a proof of his general merit, & by his committing himself for a perseverance in those dispositions, by conversations and declarations on the...
77888From Alexander Hamilton to Louis Le Guen, [6 May 1804] (Hamilton Papers)
[ New York, May 6, 1804. On July 12, 1804, Le Guen wrote to Hamilton : “J’ai hier recu Votre Lettre du 6. mai.” Letter not found. ]
77889From John Adams to the Comte de Sarsfield, 11 September 1783 (Adams Papers)
I have been honoured with your two friendly Letters from Rennes, and altho’ a multiplicity of Affairs have hitherto prevented me from answering them, be assured I have not forgotten you. I am much pleased to find that I have been instrumental of employing your thoughts upon another subject, & I promise myself much Entertainment & Instruction in reading it. I am in no danger of losing the...
77890To George Washington from Thomas Hutchins, 8 November 1786 (Washington Papers)
Your Excellency’s Favour of the 20th of August (accompanied by the Marquis de la Fayette’s Letter, and a specimen of a Vocabulary) I was honoured with on the 23rd of October at my Camp west of Ohio River about ten Miles up a Rivulet called Indian Weeling. My not having earlier made this acknowledgement is to be attributed to my secluded situation in the Wilderness untill the date of this...