1To Alexander Hamilton from Wilhem and Jan Willink, Nicholaas and Jacob Van Staphorst, and Nicholas Hubbard, 15 October … (Hamilton Papers)
We beg leave to refer You to our last Respects of 4 Instant, since when we have received Your esteemed favor of 12 August, authorizing us to open a Loan for the United States, of Three Millions of Florins, provided it should be obtainable at Five per Cent Interest and Four per Cent Charges. We are happy, that all our late advices, will have anticipated to You the impossibility of succeeding to...
2From George Washington to Henry Knox, 15 October 1793 (Washington Papers)
The violence with which (from all accounts I have received) the contagious fever in Philada continues to rage makes it still more necessary than ever that the meeting of the Heads of Departments which I requested you to attend in a letter of the 25th Sept: should not fail to take place by the first of November that, among other things measures may be taken for security of the public offices &...
3To George Washington from Henry Knox, 15 October 1793 (Washington Papers)
since my arrival at this place which was on the 7th instant I have had the honor to receive your favor of the 25th ultimo. I propose to set out on my return on Monday the 21st, and hope to be in the vicinity of the sorely afflicted city of Philadelphia on the or before the 1st of November. I have the honor to be sir with the most perfect respect and attachment Your Most obedient humble Servant...
4To George Washington from Thomas Sim Lee, 15 October 1793 (Washington Papers)
I do myself the honour to transmit to yr Excelly the copy of a letter from the British Vice Consul residing in Baltimore and of a deposition corroborative of those which accompanied my letter of the 11 Instant respecting the Brig Cunningham. I enclose likewise the copy of a letter from the same Gentleman on the subject of the Ship Roehampton captured by the french Privateer Industry. Df , MdAA...
5To George Washington from Timothy Pickering, 15 October 1793 (Washington Papers)
The intelligence contained in the enclosed copy of a letter from Mr Storer, seemed to be of sufficient consequence to trouble you with; and I should have transmitted it a week ago; but the sickness in my family, and the death of a favourite son, have prevented me. To Governor Simcoe’s public professions of regret &c. at the issue of the treaty, a number of facts may be opposed. These with...
6To Thomas Jefferson from John Hopkins, 15 October 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
I received your favor of the 10th. too late to Comply with its Contents by the post last Monday, but I now enclose you two Statements of the different species of Stock standing on the Books of my Office, to the Credit of William Short esquire—of the Quarterly amount of Interest payable thereon, and the payments thereof which have been made by me, in Conformity to a power of Attorney from Mr....
7To Thomas Jefferson from John M. Pintard, 15 October 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
Madeira, 15 Oct. 1793 . He encloses copies of his 8 and 9 Oct. letters. Since then he has conferred with the governor, the result of which is in the enclosed statement No. 3. He also encloses paper No. 1, his letter to Captain Goddard, and No. 2, Goddard’s certified deposition, copies of all three of which he transmitted to Humphreys. He has always endeavored to get on well with the government...
8To Thomas Jefferson from Eli Whitney, 15 October 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
It was my intention to have lodged in the Office of State a description of my machine for ginning Cotton, immediately after presenting my petition for an exclusive property in the same; but ill health unfortunately prevented me from completing the description untill about the time of the breaking out of the malignant fever in Philadelphia. This so interrupted communication and deranged...