78881From George Washington to Alexander Hamilton, 1 February 1795 (Washington Papers)
I received the enclosed letter with the document therein, last night. For reasons which will appear obvious, I make you acquainted with the contents of them—being Yours ALS , DLC : Alexander Hamilton Papers. See Tench Coxe to GW, 31 January. Hamilton summarized that enclosure on the cover of this letter: “This covered a letter from Mr Coxe of the 31 of January 1795 contains a charge against Mr...
78882From George Washington to William Pearce, 1 February 1795 (Washington Papers)
I write to you this week, more for the sake of letting you know that your l⟨e⟩tter of the 25th Ulto with the reports, came safe, than because I have any thing to communicate that is in any degree material. I have no doubt of Ceder making a good hedge—but I have very great ones of your getting them to live, when transplanted; and if they should not, your labour as well as the plants will be...
78883To George Washington from William Pearce, c.1 Feb. 1795 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from William Pearce, c.1 Feb. 1795. On 8 Feb., GW wrote Pearce: “Your letter with its enclosures, came to my hands as usual.”
78884To George Washington from Thomas Pinckney, 1 February 1795 (Washington Papers)
I should long ago have given you some account of the Progress of my Enquiries concerning a Box supposed to be lodged for you at a Bankers here, had I not had the almost daily Expectation of being able to give a more satisfactory account of it. The same reason would induce me still to postpone writing on this Subject, but as I have occasion to address you on another Business, I avail myself of...
78885To John Jay from John Dalrymple, 1 February 1795 (Jay Papers)
I have the honour to inclose you a printed paper which will explain itself. When M r . Jay ^Lear^ secretary to Gen: Washington was in ^Scotland^ he was some days at my castle in the Country this country I discovered it to him and he. I informed him of the discovery and he thought the discovery ^it would ^ would be of great consequence to America I therefore offered to communicate my Arts to...
78886To Thomas Jefferson from William Frederick Ast, 1 February 1795 (Jefferson Papers)
I do myself the honour to send You herewith a Copy of my Insurance Plan for Your perusal and beg to be so kind to make such Observations for Amendments as You think may be necessary. As we do not begin till we have three Millions of Dollars in property subscribed which will take on an Average about 2000 houses then if each house Owner advances one Guinea will raise about 10000 Dollars, which...
78887From Alexander Hamilton to John Rutherfurd, [March 1791–January 1795] (Hamilton Papers)
General Hamilton will have the pleasure of Dining with Mr. Rutherford agreeable to his polite Invitation. AL , anonymous donor. Rutherfurd was a New York City lawyer until 1787, when he moved to New Jersey, where he was a member of the General Assembly in 1788 and 1789. He was a Federalist member of the United States Senate from March 4, 1791, to December 5, 1798.
78888From Alexander Hamilton to John Rutherfurd, [4 March 1793–31 January 1795] (Hamilton Papers)
I called at your Quarters a while ago to ask you to take with two or three friends a family Dinner with me to day. A word in answer by the bearer will oblige. Yrs Will you tell Mr. Frelinghuyssen that if he will be of the party I shall esteem it a favour. ALS , anonymous donor. Frederick Frelinghuysen, a lawyer and a member of the Continental Congress in 1778 and 1782, was a United States...
78889To John Adams from Joseph Priestley, January 1795 (Adams Papers)
I take the opportunity of my son’s going to Philadelphia to once more to beg your concurrence in the attempts we are making to remove several disadvantages we at present labour under in this place. A petition to incorporate the town is now I understand before Congress, or perhaps the state of Pennsylvania. This I suppose will pass without difficulty. But what I particuly wish your kind...
78890Enclosure D: [Statement of One Year’s Interest on the Foreign Loans], January 1795 (Hamilton Papers)
Dollars Cents 20,500,000 Guilders, amount of Five ⅌ Cent: Loans effected at Amsterdam Guilders 1,025,000 2,050,000 Guilders, amount of Four and a half ⅌ Cent. Loan effected at Antwerp 92,250 7,950,000 Guilders, amount of Four ⅌ Cent: Loans effected at Amsterdam 318,000 30,500,000 Amount at Interest, 467,500 Guilders, amount of premiums and gratifications to be paid on a loan of Two millions of...