1George Washington to the Senate and the House of Representatives, [14–16 December 1793] (Jefferson Papers)
Gentlemen of the { Senate House of Repr. I lay before you a Report of the Secretary of state on the measures which have been taken on behalf of the US. for the purpose of obtaining a recognition of our treaty with Marocco, and for the ransom of our citizens and establishment of peace with Algiers. While it is proper our citizens should know that subjects which so much concern their interests...
2Abigail Adams to John Adams, 14 December 1793 (Adams Papers)
I hope this days post will bring me a Letter from you at Philadelphia, and that I shall hear you are well and at mr otis’s tho obliged as they say to keep Batchelors Hall for a short period. mrs otis I trust will be with you before this Letter. I wrote by her tho I had little to inform you of. your Farm will occupy your mind I know Sometimes and you will wish to know if the ground is broke up...
3John Adams to John Quincy Adams, 14 December 1793 (Adams Papers)
Congress have rec d from the President all the Negotiations with France and England as well as those with the Indians. On Monday We expect those with Spain and all the Intelligence rec d respecting the Algerines. The whole forming a System of Information which Shews our dear Country to be in a critical Situation. So critical that the most sanguine are constrained to pauze and consider. The...
4John Adams to Abigail Adams Smith, 14 December 1793 (Adams Papers)
I thank you for your kind letter of the tenth of this month. Mr. G. may well be shocked at the Message. It is a thunderbolt. I cannot but feel something like an apology for him, as he was led into some of his enterprises by the imprudence of our fellow-citizens. The extravagant court paid to him by a party, was enough to turn a weak head. The enthusiasm and delirium of that party has involved...
Estimate of the Expenses of the War Department, for the Year One Thousand, Seven Hundred and Ninety Four. The Legion of the United States Pay. General Staff—to wit. Dollars per Month 1 Major General at 166 1,992. 2 Brigadier-Generals 104 2,496. 1 Major Commandant of Artillery 55 660. 1 Major of Dragoons
6To George Washington from Thomas Jefferson, 14 December 1793 (Washington Papers)
Th: Jefferson has the honor to inform the President that the Spanish papers are now all ready. he sends him a set for his examination & will send two others Monday morning. he also sends the draught of the message he would propose, with the blank filled up which had been left in it whenever the President is satisfied about it, either with or without amendments, Th: J. will have copies made...
7To George Washington from Henry Knox, 14 December 1793 (Washington Papers)
I have the honor to submit a Return of the Ordnance, Arms and Military stores in possession of the United States. It resulted from the casual circumstances of the late War, that these stores were accumulated principally at the following points, Viz: New London in Virginia —Philadelphia—West Point on Hudsons river—and Springfield on Connecticut River; all of which perhaps, excepting...
8Enclosure: Thomas Jefferson’s Report on Morocco and Algiers, 14 December 1793 (Washington Papers)
The Secretary of State having duly examined into the Papers and documents of his Office relative to the negotiations proposed to be undertaken with the Governments of Morocco and Algiers, makes thereupon to the President of the United States, the following Report. The Reports which he made on the 28th of Decemr 1790, on the trade of the United States in the Mediterranean to the House of...
9To Thomas Jefferson from Jean Pierre Blanchard, 14 December 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
Il m’interesse beaucoup, pour l’ordre de mes affaires, de Savoir Si vous avez reçu une lettre que j’eus l’honneur de vous adresser il y a environ Six semaines. Comme les plus grands personnages de l’Europe ne m’ont jamais négligé leur reponse, votre silence, Monsieur, me fait augurer que ma lettre (a la verité d’un stile tout a fait neuf pour moi) aura été interceptée. Je suis avec respect...
10From Thomas Jefferson to William Rawle, 14 December 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
I have to acknolege the receipt of your favor of the 9 th. inst. and in answer thereto to observe that where the witnesses who deposed on the former occasion can be procured, it would be proper they should be reexamined: where they cannot be procured, the depositions formerly taken may be sent to the Executive to give such weight to them as shall be thought proper. The arbitration being...