3321From George Washington to Thomas Pinckney, 20 February 1796 (Washington Papers)
Permit me to intrust the enclosed dispatches to your care, and to request that they may be forwarded agreeably to their directions; but by private conveyances, rather than by the mail; as I am not disposed to saddle those Gentlemen with the Postage. Having come to the resolutions which are implied in the enclosed printed notification, I take the liberty of transmitting them to you; for no...
3322From George Washington to Thomas Pinckney, 20 February 1796 (Washington Papers)
Your letter of the 10th of October from Madrid, has been duly received. With regret, I read the request which is contained in it; but the footing on which you have placed the matter, forbids opposition, or even persuasion on my part that you would recede from it; altho’ the difficulty of supplying your place to my satisfaction; to the satisfaction of your country; or of the Court you will...
3323From George Washington to John Sinclair, 20 February 1796 (Washington Papers)
When I last had the honor of writing to you, I had hopes—tho’ I must confess they were not of the most sanguine sort—that I should have been enabled ’ere this, to have given you a more satisfactory account of the business you had been pleased to commit to me, than will be conveyed in this letter. Doubts having arisen, from peculiar calls on the Treasury of this country for money (occasioned by...
3324From George Washington to William Strickland, 20 February 1796 (Washington Papers)
Permit me to congratulate you on your safe arrival in England, from your visit to America; and to hope you have experienced no inconvenience from the voyage. Having resolved to rent my farms at Mount Vernon—a measure which has been in contemplation two or three years, but not matured until lately—I take the liberty (as you have some knowledge of them) to trouble you with the perusal of a...
3325[Diary entry: 21 February 1796] (Washington Papers)
21. Clear in the forepart of the day but lowering afterwards. Wind So. Wt.
3326From George Washington to William Pearce, 21 February 1796 (Washington Papers)
Since my last to you, I have received your letters of the 7th & 14th Instant. I am under no apprehension of flour falling; but keep me advised of the Alexandria price. The fears expressed by the purchasers, of its falling, is calculated to alarm the Sellers. They know full well, it is not likely to happen. The scarcity and demand being so great. As I wish, after this Crop of Wheat is...
3327George Washington’s Notes on the Treaty with Spain, 22–26 February 1796 (Washington Papers)
art. II. Boundary—Northermost part of the 31st degree—thence by an East line to the Middle of the River Apalachecola—Down the middle of d[itt]o to its junction with the flint River—thence by a straight line to the head of St Mary’s—And down the middle thereof to the Atlantic. All Troops to be drawn from the Territory of the other party within 6 months after ratifications are exchanged. III....
3328[Diary entry: 22 February 1796] (Washington Papers)
22. Snow abt. 2 Inches deep fell in the Night—forenoon cloudy; afternoon clear. Wind westerly.
3329[Diary entry: 23 February 1796] (Washington Papers)
23. Wind at No. Wt. pretty fresh & cold.
3330[Diary entry: 24 February 1796] (Washington Papers)
24. Cold & towards evening lowering & likely for Snow. Wind at No. Wt.