1To Alexander Hamilton from Tench Coxe, 28 April 1793 (Hamilton Papers)
[ Philadelphia, April 28, 1793. On May 4, 1793, Hamilton wrote to George Washington and referred to “a letter of the 28 of April received yesterday from the Commissioner of the Revenue.” Letter not found. ]
2To Alexander Hamilton from Stephen Higginson, 28 April 1793 (Hamilton Papers)
In the present State of things new cases every day arise that require a referrence to you. It is a very desireable thing to have our Vessels & Our Seamen so guarded, as to prevent any interruption in Our Commerce that shall appear unreasonable & affrontive. There are men among us who will make the most of every injury done to our property, or insult offered to Our flag. I wish there were Sea...
3To Alexander Hamilton from George Thacher, 28 April 1793 (Hamilton Papers)
[ Biddeford, District of Maine, April 28, 1793. On May 18, 1793, Hamilton wrote to Thacher : “Your letter of the 28th. of April has been received.” Letter not found. ] Thacher, a resident of Biddeford, District of Maine, was a Federalist member of the House of Representatives from Massachusetts.
4To Alexander Hamilton from Wilhem and Jan Willink, Nicholaas and Jacob Van Staphorst, and Nicholas Hubbard, 28 April … (Hamilton Papers)
[ Amsterdam, April 28, 1793. On May 1, 1793, Willink, Van Staphorst, and Hubbard wrote to Hamilton and referred to “our Respects of 4 & 28 Ulto.” Letter of April 28 not found. ]
5From George Washington to John Fitzgerald, 28 April 1793 (Washington Papers)
Two or three days after my arrival in this City, I forwarded a Commission appointing you Collector of the Port of Alexandria; to be in force until the end of the next session of Congress, longer than which I could not issue one in the recess of the Senate but there is no instance of that body with-holding its consent to appointments thus made when offered to them for confirmation. I am now...
6To George Washington from Thomas Jefferson, 28 April 1793 (Washington Papers)
According to the intimation the other day, and indeed according to my own wish in a question, if not difficult, yet very important, I have the honor to inclose you a written opinion on the question Whether the U.S. ought to declare their treaties with France void, or suspended? This contains my answer to the 2d 3d 4th 5th & 6th of the written queries. The 1st had been before answered & acted...
7From George Washington to Anthony Whitting, 28 April 1793 (Washington Papers)
Your letter of the 24th instt with the weekly reports—except Greens—which was not among them, came to hand yesterday. With respect to the Sheriffs acct, given in by Chs Turner, it is my desire now (and was so expressed in my last) that you would enquire of some person well acquainted with the taxes, whether the rates there charged are the legal ones? & by what authority, if the Parish tax was...
8To James Madison from Thomas Jefferson, 28 April 1793 (Madison Papers)
Yours of the 12th. inst. is received, and I will duly attend to your commission relative to the ploughs. We have had such constant deluges of rain & bad weather for some time past that I have not yet been able to go to Dr. Logan’s to make the enquiries you desire, but I will do it soon. We expect mr. Genest here within a few days. It seems as if his arrival would furnish occasion for the...
9I. Notes on Washington’s Questions on Neutrality and the Alliance with France, [before 28 April 1793] (Jefferson Papers)
1st. Principle. the people the source of all authority the Constituent in all treaties this answers Qu. II. III. IV. V. VI. XII. 2d. Principle. the Legislature alone can declare war the question of Guarantee is a question of war. this answers Qu. VII. VIII. IX–X. Qu. XI. Art. 17. French ships of war & privateers with prizes may come & go freely, < with prizes > English do. may not. If...
10II. Notes for Opinion on the Treaty of Alliance with France, [before 28 April 1793] (Jefferson Papers)
MS ( DLC : TJ Papers, 84: 14560); written entirely in TJ’s hand on one side of a sheet; undated; left margin torn, obliterating several words conjectured in brackets; printed literally. These rough notes form the outline for a rebuttal of the reasoning employed by Alexander Hamilton at the 19 Apr. 1793 Cabinet meeting to justify the right of the United States to suspend or renounce the French...