1Bartholomew Dandridge, Jr., to Henry Knox, 19 June 1793 (Washington Papers)
The President directs me to send you the enclosed which was handed to him last night. As it was written perhaps in expectation that some notice would be taken of the death of the Marqs de Bretagny, as having been an officer in the American service, the President wishes you to do there with what shall seem to you proper. I have the honor to be &c. ALS , DLC : GW; LB , DLC:GW . The enclosure has...
2Henry Knox to Bartholomew Dandridge, Jr., 20 June 1793 (Washington Papers)
Please to submit the enclosed letter to the President of the U.S. from Major Gaither—dated 23d May 93. I am Dear Sir Your humble Servt ALS , DLC:GW ; LB , DLC:GW . Another writer added the phrase containing the date of Henry Gaither’s letter to Knox. Gaither, writing from Fort Fidius in Georgia, reported that residents of the Georgia frontier were fleeing their homes in fear of an Indian...
3Bartholomew Dandridge, Jr., to Henry Knox, 13 December 1793 (Washington Papers)
By the Presidents command Bw Dandridge has the honor to send to the Secretary of War—a Letter from the Govr of North Carolina, of 26 Nov. 93 to the President, covering depositions respecting the Spanish prize carried into Wilmington by Capt Hervieux—& to inform the Secretary that the President wishes him to take such measures thereupon as may seem to him adviseable. ADf , DLC:GW ; LB , DLC:GW...
4Henry Knox to Bartholomew Dandridge, Jr., 4 January 1794 (Washington Papers)
Will you be so good as to present to the President the enclosed draft of a letter to me on the subject of the resolve of Congress of the 31st Ultimo, and also my answer thereto. I am Dear Sir Your obedt Servant LS , DLC:GW ; LB , DLC:GW . The draft was of GW’s letter to Knox of 1 January . For the enclosed answer, see Knox to GW, 2 January .
5Henry Knox to Bartholomew Dandridge, Jr., 8 January 1794 (Washington Papers)
Please to submit, the enclosed letters from Governor Blount, to the President. I am Dear Sir Yours &c. LS , DLC:GW ; LB , DLC:GW . The letters to Knox of 4, 9, 13, and 17 Dec. 1793 from William Blount, the governor of the Southwest Territory, have not been identified. GW returned these letters to Knox later this same date ( JPP Dorothy Twohig, ed. The Journal of the Proceedings of the...
6Bartholomew Dandridge, Jr., to Henry Knox, 11 January 1794 (Washington Papers)
B. Dandridge has the honor by the Presidents order, to send the enclosed Proceedings of the Senate, on the subject of the Treaty with the Wabash & Illinois Indians, to the Secretary of War for his information. AL , DLC:GW ; LB , DLC:GW . The enclosure has not been identified, but it contained a copy of the resolution passed on 9 Jan., in which the Senate refused, by a vote of 21 to 4, to give...
7Henry Knox to Bartholomew Dandridge, Jr., 20 January 1794 (Washington Papers)
Please to submit to the President of the United States the enclosed letters from James Seagrove, Major Gaither and Constant Freeman, all of which have just been received. I am Dear Sir Your obedt Servant LS , DLC:GW ; LB , DLC:GW . According to GW’s executive journal, Knox submitted four letters this day ( JPP Dorothy Twohig, ed. The Journal of the Proceedings of the President, 1793–1797 ....
8Henry Knox to Bartholomew Dandridge, Jr., 24 January 1794 (Washington Papers)
Please to submit to the President of the United States, the enclosed letters from Mr Dallas; and the proposed answer thereto to the Governor —The answer is according to the principles adopted. Yours sincerely LS , DLC:GW ; LB , DLC:GW . The enclosed letter of 24 Jan. from Alexander J. Dallas, the secretary of Pennsylvania, reads: “The Governor has directed me to transmit to you the inclosed...
9Henry Knox to Bartholomew Dandridge, Jr., 29 January 1794 (Washington Papers)
Please to submit the papers herein enclosed to the President of the United States—Those marked with red Ink have been copied to be presented to Congress with the message to morrow —The letter to General Pickens being a private letter seems upon further consideration not proper to be submitted —Governor Blounts letter of the 27. December and the enclosures have not been copied they being...
10Henry Knox to Bartholomew Dandridge, Jr., 11 February 1794 (Washington Papers)
Please to Submit the enclosed letters from Governor Shelby and Genl A. Campbell to the President of the United States. yours Sincerely LS , DLC:GW ; LB , DLC:GW . In a letter of 10 Jan., Kentucky governor Isaac Shelby wrote Knox in order “to call the Attention of the President of the United States to the defenceless situation of the frontiers of this state.” In expectation of being “vigorously...