1To George Washington from William Pearce, 20 March 1796 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from William Pearce, 20 March 1796. On 27 March, GW wrote Pearce: “Yesterday brought me your letter of the 20th instant.”
2To George Washington from William Pearce, 8 March 1795 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from William Pearce, 8 March 1795. On 15 March, GW wrote Pearce: “I have received your letter of the 8th instt, with the reports of the preceeding week.”
3To George Washington from William Pearce, 28 June 1795 (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from William Pearce, 28 June 1795. On 5 July, GW wrote Pearce: “Your letter of the 28th, with the enclosed reports, was duly received.”
4To George Washington from William Pearce, 1 March 1795 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from William Pearce, 1 March 1795. On 8 March, GW referred to Pearce’s “letter of the 1st of this instt.”
5To George Washington from William Pearce, 6 November 1796 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found : from William Pearce, 6 Nov. 1796 . GW wrote Pearce on 14 Nov. : “Your letter of the 6th was received (with the Reports) on Saturday.”
6To George Washington from William Pearce, 14 February 1796 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from William Pearce, 14 Feb. 1796 . On 21 Feb., GW wrote Pearce: “Since my last to you, I have received your letters of the 7th & 14th Instant.”
7To George Washington from William Pearce, 23 August 1796 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found : from William Pearce, 23 Aug. 1796. GW wrote Pearce on 28 Aug. : “Your letter of the 23d instt … came to my hands yesterday.”
8To George Washington from William Pearce, 8 May 1796 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found : from William Pearce, 8 May 1796. GW wrote Pearce on 15 May : “Your letter of the 8th, with the Reports, are at hand.”
9To George Washington from William Pearce, 22 March 1795 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from William Pearce, 22 March 1795. On 29 March, GW wrote Pearce: “I have received your letter of the 22d instt with its enclosures.”
10To George Washington from William Pearce, 28 Sept. 1794 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found : from William Pearce, 28 Sept. 1794. On 2 Nov., GW wrote Pearce: "I have received your several letters of the 28th of Septr—and 5th 17th and 23d of last month" ( ViMtvL ).
11To George Washington from William Pearce, 28 February 1796 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from William Pearce, 28 Feb. 1796 . On 9 March, GW wrote Pearce: “I did not receive your letter of the 28th Ulto, until eight o’clock last night.”
12To George Washington from William Pearce, 14 January 1794 (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from William Pearce, 14 Jan. 1794. In a letter to Pearce of 19 Jan. , GW acknowledged receipt of “Your letter of the 14th instt.”
13To George Washington from William Pearce, 29 March 1795 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from William Pearce, 29 March 1795. On 5 April, GW wrote Pearce acknowledging “your last report enclosed in your letter of the 29th ulto” ( ViMtvL ).
14To George Washington from William Pearce, [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found : from William Pearce, 23 July 1794. On 27 July, GW wrote Pearce : "Your letter of the 23d and the reports, have been duly received."
15To George Washington from William Pearce, 24 January 1796 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from William Pearce, 24 Jan. 1796 . On 31 Jan., GW wrote Pearce: “Your letter of the 24th inst. with the reports, came to hand, at the usual time, yesterday.”
16To George Washington from William Pearce, 16 August 1795 (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from William Pearce, 16 Aug. 1795. GW wrote Pearce on 23 Aug., “Your letter of the 16th instant, covering the ⟨wee⟩kly reports, came to my hands yesterday.”
17To George Washington from William Pearce, 10– 13 April 1796 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found : from William Pearce, 10–13 April 1796. GW wrote Pearce on 17 April : “Your letter of the 10th instt with a Postcript three days later, came to hand.”
18To George Washington from William Pearce, 9 July 1794 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found : from William Pearce, 9 July 1794. On 13 July, GW wrote Pearce : "Your letter of the 9th, with the Reports of the preceeding week came to my hands yesterday."
19To George Washington from William Pearce, 30 August 1795 (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from William Pearce, 30 Aug. 1795. On 6 Sept., GW wrote Pearce, “ I was glad to find by your letter of the 30th of August, and the reports of the preceeding week.”
20To George Washington from William Pearce, 30 November 1796 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found : from William Pearce, 30 Nov. 1796 . GW wrote Pearce on 11 Dec. : “I have received your letters of the 30th of Novr and 4th inst.”
21To George Washington from William Pearce, 3 May 1795 (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from William Pearce, 3 May 1795. On 10 May, GW wrote Pearce: “Your letter of the 3d instt, with the Reports of the preeceding week, was received yesterday.”
22To George Washington from William Pearce, 11 March 1794 (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from William Pearce, 11 March 1794. GW wrote Pearce in a letter of 16–17 March that “Your letter of the 11th with its enclosures came to hand at the usual time.”
23To George Washington from William Pearce, 27 December 1795 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from William Pearce, 27 Dec. 1795 . On 3 Jan. 1796, GW wrote Pearce: “Your letter of the 27th with the reports came to hand yesterday.”
24To George Washington from William Pearce, 16 Nov. 1794 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from William Pearce, 16 Nov. 1794. On 23 Nov., GW wrote to Pearce: “Your letter of the 16th with the reports—except the Carpenters, which I have been without for several weeks—came to my hands yesterday.”
25To George Washington from William Pearce, 22 April 1794 (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from William Pearce, 22 April 1794. GW wrote Pearce on 27 April that “Your letter of the 22d instant with its enclosures came duly to hand.”
26To George Washington from William Pearce, 5 July 1795 (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from William Pearce, 5 July 1795. On 12 July, GW wrote Pearce: “Your letter of the 5th, and the reports of the preceeding week, have been received.”
27From George Washington to William Pearce, 10 January 1796 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: to William Pearce, 10 Jan. 1796 . On 17 Jan., Pearce wrote GW: “I Receved your Letter of the 10th Inst.”
28To George Washington from William Pearce, 13 March 1796 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from William Pearce, 13 March 1796. On 20 March, GW wrote Pearce: “Your letter of the 13th instt and the reports of the preceeding week came duly to hand yesterday.”
29To George Washington from William Pearce, 21 June 1795 (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from William Pearce, 21 June 1795. On 28 June, GW wrote Pearce: “I have received your letter of the 21st with its enclosures.”
30Receipt from William Pearce, 17 September 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
Received of Alexander Hamilton, Fifty Dollars, towards procuring Machines for a Cotton Manufactory. DS , in handwriting of H, Hamilton Papers, Library of Congress. For a “list of Mr Willm Pearce’s Machines,” see “Receipt from William Pearce,” August 20, 1791, note 2 .
31To George Washington from William Pearce, 27 May 1794 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found : from William Pearce, 27 May 1794. In GW’s letter to Pearce of 1 June , he writes, "I am glad to find by your letter of the 27th ulto that you had had some good rains"; in Pearce’s second letter to GW of 4 June , he refers to "my Letter of the 27th."
32To George Washington from William Pearce, 7 Dec. 1794 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from William Pearce, 7 Dec. 1794. On 14 Dec., GW wrote Pearce: “Your letter of the 7th instt, enclosing the reports of the preceeding week, came duly to hand.”
33To George Washington from William Pearce, 15 May 1796 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found : from William Pearce, 15 May 1796. GW wrote Pearce on 22 May : “Your letter of the 15th instt … came duly to hand.”
34To George Washington from William Pearce, 7 January 1794 (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from William Pearce, 7 Jan. 1794. GW wrote Pearce on 12 Jan. acknowledging receipt of “yours of the 7th Instt.”
35To George Washington from William Pearce, 27–29 March 1796 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from William Pearce, 27–29 March 1796. On 3 April, GW wrote Pearce: “Your letter of the 27th Ulto, with a Postscript of the 29th, came duly to hand yesterday.”
36To George Washington from William Pearce, 21 Dec. 1794 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from William Pearce, 21 Dec. 1794. On 28 Dec., GW wrote to Pearce: “I have duly received your letter of the 21st instt with its enclosures.”
37To George Washington from William Pearce, 15 February 1794 (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from William Pearce, 15 Feb. 1794. [GW’s letter to Pearce of 22 Feb. 1794 was misdated in Presidential Series 15 and will appear in Presidential Series 17 dated 22 February 1795. Because of this date change our assertion of a 15 February 1794 letter from Pearce to GW is incorrect.]
38To George Washington from William Pearce, 27 July 1794 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found : from William Pearce, 27 July 1794. On 3 Aug., GW wrote Pearce : "Your letter of the 27th Ulto, and the reports, I received yesterday as usual."
39From George Washington to William Pearce, 1 January 1797 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found : to William Pearce, 1 Jan. 1797 . GW wrote James Anderson on 8 Jan. : “My last letter (this day week) to Mr Pearce.”
40To George Washington from William Pearce, 24 December 1793 (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from William Pearce, 24 Dec. 1793. On 28 Dec. GW wrote Pearce , “Your letter of the 24th instant . . . came to hand yesterday.”
41To George Washington from William Pearce, 4 Jan. 1795 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from William Pearce, 4 Jan. 1795. On 11 Jan., GW wrote Pearce: “Your letter of the 4th instt, with the reports, is received.”
42To George Washington from William Pearce, 1 May 1796 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found : from William Pearce, 1 May 1796. GW wrote Pearce on 8 May : “I am glad to find by your letter of the first instant, that the rain wch fell here on the 27th Ulto had extended to you.”
43To George Washington from William Pearce, 25 Jan. 1795 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from William Pearce, 25 Jan. 1795. On 1 Feb., GW wrote Pearce: “your l⟨e⟩tter of the 25th Ulto … came safe.”
44To George Washington from William Pearce, 3 January 1797 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found : from William Pearce, 3 Jan. 1797 . GW wrote James Anderson on 8 Jan. , acknowledging his letter “of the 3d instant, & Mr Pearce’s of the same date.”
45To George Washington from William Pearce, 6 March 1796 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from William Pearce, 6 March 1796 . On 13 March, GW wrote Pearce: “Your letter of the 6th instant came to hand yesterday.”
46To George Washington from William Pearce, 8 June 1794 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found : from William Pearce, 8 June 1794. On 15 June, GW wrote Pearce : "Your letter of the 8th with its enclosures I received yesterday."
47To George Washington from William Pearce, 9 April 1794 (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from William Pearce, 9 April 1794. GW wrote Pearce on 13 April that “your letter of the 9th instt (which with the weekly reports) have been duly received.”
48To George Washington from William Pearce, 24 August 1794 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found : from William Pearce, 24 Aug. 1794. On 31 Aug., GW wrote Pearce : "In your last letter of the 24th instt came a copy of the conditions of Colo. Lyles Bond."
49To George Washington from William Pearce, 23 August 1795 (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from William Pearce, 23 Aug. 1795. On 30 Aug., GW wrote Pearce, acknowledging “yours of the 23d instant.”
50To George Washington from William Pearce, 4 September 1796 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found : from William Pearce, 4 Sept. 1796. GW wrote Pearce on 11 Sept. : “Your letter of the 4th instt came to my hands yesterday.”