80911To John Jay from Grenville, 24 June 1794 (Jay Papers)
I am much obliged to you for the communication of the papers which you have been so good as to send me. I shall be desirous of an opportunity of conversing with you again on Friday morning at Eleven, if that hour should suit you— In the mean time I can only assure you of my sincere desire to contribute to the object of cordiality & friendship between the two countries, & of the real pleasure...
80912To Alexander Hamilton from Tench Coxe, 23 June 1794 (Hamilton Papers)
Treasury Department, Revenue Office, June 23, 1794. “The purchase of Indian Supplies made on the 18th inst. by N. Hoffman & Co. for distribution by Genl Chapin amounts to £681. 4. 10. N. York Currency. Being made, as they represent for Cash, they are anxious for an immediate remittance of the money.…” LC , RG 75, Letters of Tench Coxe, Commissioner of the Revenue, Relating to the Procurement...
80913From Alexander Hamilton to Meletiah Jordan, 23 June 1794 (Hamilton Papers)
[ Philadelphia, June 23, 1794. On October 1, 1794, Jordan wrote to Hamilton : “Your letter of 23d June … I received but yesterday.” Letter not found. ]
80914To Alexander Hamilton from Henry Knox, 23 June 1794 (Hamilton Papers)
I have the honor to transmit a list of articles which will be required for the equipment of each of the forty four gun ships & to observe that nearly the same will be required for each of the thirty six gun ships. The heavy Cannon and shot have already been requested of you. The twelve pounders will hereafter be more specifically stated. The military stores also will in due season be fully...
80915To Alexander Hamilton from Edmund Randolph, 23 June 1794 (Hamilton Papers)
[ Philadelphia ] June 23, 1794 . “E. Randolph presents his compliments to Col. Hamilton, and having this moment received his Note, respecting the French crowns, posterior to 1st Jany 1792 he has sent to the Director of the Mint, in order to have an interview upon the subject, and to communicate to Colonel Hamilton the result.” LC , RG 59, Domestic Letters of the Department of State, Vol. 6,...
80916To Alexander Hamilton from Edmund Randolph, 23 June 1794 (Hamilton Papers)
The report, which appeared in the Newspapers the other day, from a Committee to the Senate, on the Bill for advancing money to the French minister, has given me considerable uneasiness. I have no doubt, that the result was well considered, and is accurate. But some of the intermediate circumstances were probably unknown to the Committee, and therefore not stated. What I chiefly allude to, is,...
80917To Alexander Hamilton from Edmund Randolph, 23 June 1794 (Hamilton Papers)
The director of the Mint is now with me, and has undertaken to endeavour to procure a proper number of French Crowns, posterior to the 1st. Januy 1792 for the purpose of having them assayed according to the Act of 9th February 1793. Lest he should fail in his attempt to procure samples, I must beg the favor of you to forward to him any you may possess. As to the security offered by Mr. Albion...
80918Treasury Department Circular to the Collectors of the Customs, 23 June 1794 (Hamilton Papers)
It being highly expedient that the Marshall should be immediately charged on the Books of the Treasury with the monies which you might advance to him in pursuance of my letter to you of the 2nd of July 1793 I have to request that the receipts for all payments already made, or made by you hereafter to the said Marshall may be immediately transmitted to this Office. I am with consideration sir...
80919From Alexander Hamilton to Thomas Willing, 23 June 1794 (Hamilton Papers)
[ Philadelphia ] June 23, 1794 . States “that the Director of the Mint would be obliged by being furnished with any French Crowns or other foreign coins of dates subsequent to the first of January 1792, in order that assays may be made preparatory to a procla[ma]tion of the President to authorise their currency.” AL , Hamilton Papers, Library of Congress. For background to this letter, see the...
80920To George Washington from John Cowper, 23 June 1794 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found : from John Cowper, 23 June 1794. On 30 July, GW wrote to Cowper : "By saturday’s post I received a Letter from Mr Christopher Cowper, dated the 18 Instant, enclosing one from you of the 23d of June."
80921To George Washington from John Jay, 23 June 1794 (Washington Papers)
private Dear Sir London 23 June 1794 on Sunday the 15th of this month I arrived here. the next Day I made Inquiries for Mr Lear, and was informed that he had gone to Liverpool to embark for america. I asked whether it was probable that Letters sent by the post would find him still there—the answer was, that it was highly improbable. under these Circumstances & well knowing the jealous...
80922Enclosure III: Edmund Randolph to Christopher Gore, 23 June 1794 (Washington Papers)
I have to acknowledge the receipt of your letter, giving information of the dismission of the prosecution against Mr Juteau. Mr Fauchet, however, is exceedingly dissatisfied with the manner in which this business was conducted. He says, that he would have preferred, that the trial should go on, to the compulsion of Mr Juteau to appear at the bar. It is very certain, that the wish of the...
80923From John Jay to Edmund Randolph, 23 June 1794 (Jay Papers)
I had the Honor to write to you a few Lines at Falmouth on the 9 th . instant mentioning my having arriv’d there the preceeding evening:— that Letter was committed to the care of our Consul M r . Fox:— He expected to forward it by the Active Capt. Blair who was soon to sail for Phil[adelphi] a . but whose departure has been unexpectedly prolong’d to this time. On the 15 th . I arriv’d here,...
80924From John Jay to George Washington, 23 June 1794 (Jay Papers)
On Sunday the 15 th . of this month I arrived here. The next Day I made Inquiries for M r Lear, and was informed that he had gone to Liverpool to embark for america. I asked whether it was probable that Letters sent by the post would find him still there— the answer was that it was highly improbable. Under these Circumstances & well knowing the jealous attention now paid to Letters passing...
80925From Thomas Brand Hollis to John Adams, 22 June 1794 (Adams Papers)
I recd your letter with the correspondence of Gennet for w ch am much obliged to you but being put into the post it cost 19 s which the captains often do as soon as they come to Land how mine was delayed know not beleive it was by a private hand. The communication by letters is exceeding dangerous the habeas corpus bill being suspended, w ch gives power equal to lettres de cachet & it is used...
80926From Alexander Hamilton to Jean Antoine Joseph Fauchet, 22 June 1794 (Hamilton Papers)
Philadelphia, June 22, 1794. Transmits “to the Minister Plenipotentiary of the French Republic the result of the assay which has been made at the Mint pursuant to his request.” LS , Arch. des Aff. Etr., Corr. Pol., Etats-Unis Transcripts or photostats from the French Foreign Office deposited in the Library of Congress. , Supplement Vol. 20. For background to this letter, see Fauchet to H, May...
80927Opinion on Compensation for Captured Vessels, [22 June 1794] (Hamilton Papers)
I am not willing to give a pretext for not doing us justice by the appearance of carelessness or indifference as to the fulfilment of our engagements. I continue to think that the idea of a special instruction to Mr: Jay is proper, because it is an evidence of our being in earnest, because as Mr: Jay’s mission was produced by circumstances subsequent to the communication to Congress, that...
80928From Alexander Hamilton to Robert Ralston, 22 June 1794 (Hamilton Papers)
[ Philadelphia, June 22, 1794. On June 25, 1794, Ralston wrote to Hamilton and referred to “your Note of 22d Currt.” Letter not found. ]
80929From Alexander Hamilton to George Washington, 22 June 1794 (Hamilton Papers)
The Secretary of State in referring to you the question of the answer to be given to Mr. Hammond concerning compensation for certain captured vessels will I presume transmit to you the opinions of the other Gentlemen as well as his own. Besides the reasons hastily sketched in the memorandums given to the Secretary of State—there is one of a delicate nature which I did not think fit to put on a...
80930To George Washington from Edmund Randolph, 22 June 1794 (Washington Papers)
I did myself the honor of writing to you yesterday and the day before. It has since become necessary, to decide the case of the ship William, of Glasgow, which was said to have been captured by a French cruizer, within the protection of our coast. But the evidence having been deemed by us all incompetent to establish the fact, both the French and English Ministers have been informed, that she...
80931Enclosure: Opinions of Alexander Hamilton and Henry Knox, 22 June 1794 (Washington Papers)
I am not willing to give a pretext for not doing us justice by the appearance of carelessness or indifference as to the fulfilment of our engagements. I continue to think that the idea of a special instruction to Mr Jay is proper, because it is an evidence of our being in earnest, because as Mr. Jay’s mission was produced by circumstances subsequent to the communication to Congress, that...
80932Peter Augustus Jay to Peter Jay Munro, 22 June 1794 (Jay Papers)
We arrived here on Sunday after a weeks journey from Falmouth, tho’ the Newspapers had brought us to town several days before, they had likewise had the goodness to shorten our passage to 19 days, the ignorance of the London editors of Papers is really extraordinary; The Times of the other morning informed the public that Papa had already had a conference with M r . Dundas , The Chronicle of...
80933Henry Knox to Thomas Mifflin, [21 June 1794] (Hamilton Papers)
Your Excellency’s letter to The President dated the 14th instant (which has been opened pursuant to general directions) was only delivered to Mr. Dandrige his Secy on the 17th at three oClock. The departure of The President for Mount Vernon on the morning of that day prevents my being able to reply to it at this time under his immediate direction. But antecedent communications with the...
80934From Alexander Hamilton to William Lindsay, 21 June 1794 (Hamilton Papers)
Your letter of the 12th instant has been duly received. What you mention about the Ship Scorpion induces me to request that you will inform me particularly, what was the precise position of that vessel, when the intelligence of the embargo arrived, and what were the circumstances subsequent thereto. It has been alleged that something like a forcible extrication of her took place. I wish to be...
80935From Alexander Hamilton to William Rawle, [21 June 1794] (Hamilton Papers)
The Secretary of the Treasury presents his Compliments to Mr. Rawle—requests that he will be so obliging as to call at the Treasury Office, tomorrow morning at Nine OClock, to converse on a matter of public business. It is expected that other persons concerned in it will be present. AL , Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. Rawle was United States attorney for the District of...
80936From Alexander Hamilton to William Seton, 21 June 1794 (Hamilton Papers)
I have directed the Treasurer to remit you drafts on the Office of Discount & Deposit at New York for 3618 Dollars & 6 Cents being the amount of the two accounts inclosed in your letter of the 27th of May. But I leave it with you to settle the rate of Exchange with Messrs. Franklin Robinson & Co. according to what you deem the mercantile usage in such cases and I shall be satisfied with...
80937From George Washington to Edmund Randolph, 21 June 1794 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found : to Edmund Randolph, 21 June 1794. Randolph wrote GW on 27 June : "The appointment of Mr Pickering, which is mentioned in your favor of the 21st instant from George Town, was noted in my report on the laws."
80938To George Washington from Edmund Randolph, 21 June 1794 (Washington Papers)
I was this morning honored by your letter of the 19th instant from Baltimore. Mr Adams’s commission was completed, before you left this city. Having notified his appointment to him, I yesterday received a letter from him, dated at Boston on the 14th instant. He accepts, and will set out for Philadelphia about the 24th or 26th of this mon[th]. Hence it is certain, that he will be here on your...
80939To George Washington from Charles Mynn Thruston, 21 June 1794 (Washington Papers)
That there is existing at Kentuckey a powerful faction for placing that Country under the protection of the British Goverment, & of seperating from the Union of the States, the most recent intelligence seems to evince, as well priviate epistolary, as other. And further, that this Contagion is not confined to a few obscure individuals, but widely diffused through the leading Characters of that...
80940Abigail Adams to Martha Washington, 20 June 1794 (Adams Papers)
I cannot omit so good an opportunity as the present by my son of paying my respects to you, and of acknowledging the honor done him by the unsolicited appointment conferd upon him by the President at a very early period of Life I devoted him to the publick, and in the most dangerous and hazardous time of the War consented that he should accompany his Father in his embassys abroad, considering...