21To George Washington from Josiah Parker, 3 March 1791 (Washington Papers)
The Excise Bill being passed with a weighty provission for you to appoint a Number of Officers for carrying it into effect it may be my duty to nominate persons in the district of the United States I represent worthy of carrying into effect the Law, consequently I shall take the liberty of doing so, at the same time Confess that I am not authorised by either of the Characters or any one in the...
22To George Washington from Joseph Stanton and Theodore Foster, 3 March 1791 (Washington Papers)
The Act establishing the New Revenue System, imposing Duties on Spirits imported, and those distilled within the United States, requires a Supervisor to be appointed in each State, for carrying it into Execution, and considering it a Duty that we owe to the State which we have the Honor to represent in the National Legislature, to recommend to your Excellency such a Character for this Office...
23From George Washington to the United States Senate, 3 March 1791 (Washington Papers)
Certain vacancies having taken place in the Offices of the Troops established by an Act passed on the 30⟨th⟩ of April 1790, I nominate, to fill those vacancies, the persons whose names are in the annexed list under the head of the first Regiment. I likewise nominate the persons to fill the Offices affixed to their names in the annexed list under the head of the Second Regiment, agreeably to a...
24Enclosure: Nominations for Vacancies, 3 March 1791 (Washington Papers)
Nominations for Promotions and Appointments. First Regiment. Major David Zeigler vice Wyllys killed. Major Richard Call vice Parker declined. Virginia. Captains. Thomas Doyle vice Zeigler promoted. John Armstrong vice Mercer resigned. John Pratt vice Heart promoted. Lieutenants. Cornelius Sedam vice Doyle promoted. John Jeffers vice Frothingham killed. Abner Pryor vice Armstrong promoted. Asa...
25To Thomas Jefferson from John Joseph de Barth, 3 [March] 1791 (Jefferson Papers)
Monsieur Jefferson est supplié d’agreer avec Bonté les homages Respectueux de M. de Barth qui a l’honneur de lui envoyer la Dent de l’Elephant Carnivore, ou plustot de l’animal inconnu dont il a été question à l’audience que Monsieur Jefferson a bien voulu accorder à M. De Barth. Il ajoute une peau Chamoisée Par les Sauvages d’un Jeune Buffalöe qui est un des plus petits de cette espece. Il...
26Enclosure A: Nicholas Duff to Joshua Johnson, 3 March 1791 (Jefferson Papers)
London, 3 Mch. 1791 . As Johnson is acquainted with the three months’ detention of Rachel , he will not restate the particulars. One of the officers of the Customs had brought suit against him and he was obliged to give bail of £500 sterling before Rachel , not being given entry in any British port, could proceed to Ostend where her cargo was landed by order of the consignees. There he took on...