1To John Adams from William Smith, 14 December 1789 (Adams Papers)
By direction of the Boston Marine Society, I have the honor to forward you by the Hon ble. M r. Otis a Certificate of your admission as a Member of that Society the 6 th of November 1768.— I am with Respect / Y r H Ser t. RC ( Adams Papers ); internal address: “His Ex y. John Adams Esq r. ” Boston merchant William Smith’s enclosure has not been found. Established in June 1742 and incorporated...
2To Alexander Hamilton from William Allibone, 14 December 1789 (Hamilton Papers)
Philadelphia, December 14, 1789. “I have the Honor to enclose an account of monies we are now actualy in advance, on acct. of the united states, for support of the several establishments in the Bay and River Deleware, amounting to six hundred and Ten pounds Seven shillings and seven pence.… I need only add that being thus much in advance on account of the united states, we are left without...
3[Diary entry: 14 December 1789] (Washington Papers)
Monday 14th. Walked round the Battery in the afternoon.
4From George Washington to Robert Morris, 14 December 1789 (Washington Papers)
I have been favored with the receipt of your letter of the 9th instant —In reply to the object of its enclosure, I can only observe that Mr Hamilton is a Gentleman of whom I am inclined to think well, and to believe qualified for the office he solicits: But the rule, which I have prescribed to myself, being intended to preserve a freedom of choice in all nominations, forbids any engagement...
5To George Washington from Charles Pinckney, 14 December 1789 (Washington Papers)
Your avocations have been so numerous & important since your entrance into office that I have not troubled you with but one letter which was to recommend Mr Hall, & to very sincerely congratulate you upon your appointment to the supreme magistracy. I am well convinced that to increase the number of your correspondents unnecessarily is to do you a serious injury, for I should suppose with...
6From George Washington to Beverley Randolph, 14 December 1789 (Washington Papers)
I was surprized to find, by your Excellency’s letter of the 1st instant, with which I have been favoured, that my dispatches of the 3d of October did not reach you until the last day of November; and, in consequence thereof, I have inquired of the Post-Master in this City to know if they were detained in his Office. He informs me they were not—and, as a proof of it, he refers to the stamp on...
7To George Washington from George Augustine Washington, 14 December 1789 (Washington Papers)
Such was the disorderd state of my head at the time I last wrote You, that I had scarcely the power of accomplishing the few lines I did—the loss of blood and some medicine since seems to have greatly relieved me of the distressing giddiness, but not so much the pain in my head, which is now accompanied with a weakness and inflamation in my eyes—these complaints I had serious apprehensions...
8From John Jay to David Hartley, 14 December 1789 (Jay Papers)
I have had the Pleasure of rec g your Letter of the Day of August last. Whether the United States will be more or less happy than other nations God only knows; I am inclined to think they will be, because to me there appears to be ^in my opinion^ more Light & Knowledge ^are^ diffused thro the Mass of the People of this Country than of any other. The Revolution in France certainly promises...
9To Thomas Jefferson from Richard Platt, 14 December 1789 (Jefferson Papers)
Having received from my friend Major E. Haskell, your Excellency’s Certificate, of which the inclosed is a Copy, Observing with pleasure your safe arrival in Virginia, and apprehending it will be some considerable time, before your coming on to this place; I take the liberty of requesting the favor of you to transmit me the Certificates by Post, under cover either to the Chief Justice of the...
10From Thomas Jefferson to William Short, 14 December 1789 (Jefferson Papers)
My last letter was written to you on our coming to anchor. Since that my time has been divided between travelling and the society of my friends, and I avail myself of the first vacant interval to give you the news of the country to which therefore I shall proceed without further prelude. Marriages. Ben. Harrison of Brandon to a daughter of Mrs. Byrd. Doctor Currie to a widow Ingles, daughter...