1To Alexander Hamilton from Benjamin Lincoln, 9 December 1789 (Hamilton Papers)
Boston, December 9, 1789. “Some of the merchants are in opinion that some allowance, in weighing should be made in weighing sugars as they are daily lightning, we have not made any. Ought we to do it? We had a few days since a quantity of wine entered from some port in France it is now represented as being bad & not worth the duties. There are other wines represented as similar. What, if any...
2To Alexander Hamilton from Thomas Willing, 9 December 1789 (Hamilton Papers)
We Reced your favor of the 3 Ins with its inclosures. One of the 15th being your Official Article of Agreement Respecting the third Loan being for twenty thousand Dollars the Recet of which you now acknowledge and say that the Treasr would by the same post send us a warrant for the Amot. We have only this moment Reced the Warrant from the Treasurer which has prevented our Returning [it] till...
3[Diary entry: 9 December 1789] (Washington Papers)
Wednesday 9th. Walked round the Battery.
4To George Washington from Elijah Hunter, 9 December 1789 (Washington Papers)
I have Been for Some time Past in Greate Contemplation whether I Should Trouble your Excellensy with a Line by way of Remembrance, Respecting Some of the Transactions of the Late war or Not, Which I hope you will Not Take amis, if you Should Not Think it worthy your Notice to answer. I must also Beg leave to appologise For Languge and Stile To address Such a Character in Life as yourself, For...
5From George Washington to John Jay, 9 December 1789 (Washington Papers)
The President of the United States presents to the Chief Justice of the United States a volume of the laws passed in the first Session of the Congress of the United States, and requests his acceptance of the same. LB , DLC:GW ; copy, DNA : RG 59, Miscellaneous Letters. A note at the bottom of the letter-book copy indicates that “the same card accompanied a Volume sent to the Secretary of the...
6William Jackson to ——, 9 December 1789 (Washington Papers)
The President of the United States having occasion for Mitchell’s map, which hangs in one of the offices of Congress, and is supposed to be in your care, requests that you will be so good as to send it by the Servant, who delivers this note. I am Sir, Your obedient Servant ALS , DNA : RG 59, Miscellaneous Letters. This letter is unaddressed, but may have been directed to Roger Alden, former...
7To George Washington from Robert Morris, 9 December 1789 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from Robert Morris, 9 Dec. 1789. On 14 Dec. GW wrote to Morris : “I have been favored with the receipt of your letter of the 9th instant.”
8To George Washington from Samuel Osgood, 9 December 1789 (Washington Papers)
As the meeting of the Congress of the United States is near at hand, it becomes my Duty to state the situation of the Post Office, in order that if any defects shall be found in the present System, the Supreme Executive may make such representation of the same, as the importance of the business may require. I have employed as much of my time, as could be spared from the necessary and current...
9To George Washington from Samuel Powel, 9 December 1789 (Washington Papers)
In my answer to the Enquiries made by Major Jackson, when last in this City, respecting the Hessian Fly, I recollect that I informed him that this destructive Insect had disappeared from this State. That answer, I then believed, from all the Information I was then possessed of, that I was fully warranted in giving—but, upon a Conversation that I had last Night with a very intelligent Farmer, I...
10From John Jay to George Washington, 9 December 1789 (Jay Papers)
The Chief Justice of the U.S. has recieved, and presents his respectful acknowledgments to the President of the United States, for the elegant Edition of the Laws passed in the first Session of Congress, with which the President condescended to honor him this morning— AL , DNA: PCC , item 78, 13: 427. Endorsed, in clerk’s hand: “From / The Honble. the chief Justice / of the United States /...