1To George Washington from George Plater, 27 June 1781 (Washington Papers)
We are very desirous that Major General Smallwood should be permitted to stay in this State, if not inconsistent with your arrangements and the service; and we wish him to remain as long as you can permit; his advice and assistance is wanted to call forth the strength of this State and to put it in a proper posture for defence. We know no Gentleman, who from his personal influence, and the...
2From George Washington to George Plater, 9 July 1781 (Washington Papers)
I am honoured with your favour of the 27 ult. as the troops of Maryland compose part of the southern army now under the immediate command of Major Genl Greene, I think there wd be an impropriety (as it may interfere with the arrangements of that army) to give General Smallwood directions to remain in Maryland for the purposes you mention—but if his doing this is not incompatible with the...
3To George Washington from George Plater, 22 November 1781 (Washington Papers)
The General Assembly joyfully embrace the opportunity which your wellcome arrival in this City affords them of testifying to your Excellency in person, their high sense of your signal services and of shewing you every mark of esteem and respect. Actuated by the purest public spirit, your long and steady perseverance, and anxious unremitted vigilance, under the pressure of surrounding...
4From George Washington to George Plater, 22 November 1781 (Washington Papers)
I very sensibly feel the honor which has this day been conferred upon me by the vote of thanks of so respectable a Body as that of the General Assembly of the State of Maryland. The regard which they have been pleased to express for me personally, the delicate manner in which they have recalled to view those distant events which in some degree, led to our present happy situation, and the...
5To George Washington from George Plater, 20 October 1784 (Washington Papers)
Since I had the Honor of visiting you I have been revolving in my Head the Subject of our Conversation respecting the opening the Potowmack, Advancing the Trade of the back & new settled Countries [in] this these middle States & the more I consider it, the more I am impressed with the Utility & Advantages resulting therefrom —So much so, that I am determined to press the Measure in our...
6From George Washington to George Plater, 25 October 1784 (Washington Papers)
Your letter of the 20th did not reach me until yesterday afternoon. I am now set down to acknowledge it, and shall be happy if from any information I can give, you should derive satisfaction, or the public benefit. To describe the usefulness of water transportation, would be a mere waste of time, every man who has considered the difference of expence between it, & land transportation, and the...
7From George Washington to George Plater, Charles Carroll, John Cadwalader, and Samuel Chase, 11 December 1784 (Washington Papers)
The Gentn who will have the honor of presenting this letter to you, is a Nephew of mine, heir to my Brother who was one of the Partners in the Principio Company, and to whose Will I was appointed an Executor, though circumstances put it out of my power to qualify. He is about to offer a petition to your honble Assembly, from the Execrs of my Brother, to obtain the Estates proportion of the...
8From George Washington to George Plater, 14 May 1789 (Washington Papers)
I have received your letter of the 29th of April, and must beg you to accept of my best thanks for your kind gratulations and good wishes. I foresaw the numerous applications which would be made for nominations to offices—and readily conceived that amidst the variety of candidates, it would be one of the most delicate and difficult duties of the President, to discriminate those characters...
9To George Washington from George Plater, 31 August 1789 (Washington Papers)
I have lately understood that Mr Robert Young appointed Surveyor of Nottingham District Patuxent River has declined to accept the Appointment —I therefore take the Liberty to recommend to your Excellency Mr James Hopewell, a Friend of mine, a Gentleman who I think will discharge the Trust with the strictest Fidelity & punctuality, & who, being situated on the very Spot, at Town Creeke, is in...
10To George Washington from George Plater, 20 November 1789 (Washington Papers)
Mr Johnson, who was appointed Judge in the federal Court for the State of Maryland, having declined to accept —I hope I shall be excused for taking the Liberty of recommending to your Excellency Mr John Allen Thomas, an old practitioner of Law, & who has frequently served his Country both in the Cabinet & the field —You are not a Stranger to him, & therefore it becomes unnecessary for me to...