1To George Washington from William Pearce, 24 December 1793 (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from William Pearce, 24 Dec. 1793. On 28 Dec. GW wrote Pearce , “Your letter of the 24th instant . . . came to hand yesterday.”
2From George Washington to Edmund Randolph, 24 December 1793 (Washington Papers)
(Private) ⟨My⟩ dear Sir, Philadelphia Decr 24th 1793. It was my wish, for many reasons (needless to enumerate) to have retained Mr Jefferson in the Administration to the end of the present Session of Congress, but he is so decidedly opposed to it that I can no longer hint this desire to him. I now wish for your permission to nominate you to it the Office of Secy of State and will add that your...
3To George Washington from Edmund Randolph, 24 December 1793 (Washington Papers)
Permit me either to have a personal interview with you on thursday, if the eruption on my hand will permit, or to write to you a candid opinion upon your kind, and always too friendly conduct towards me. I hope, that this delay will not be too long. I have the honor to be, Dear sir, with sincere and affectionate attachment and respect yr obliged humble serv. ALS , DLC:GW . The next Thursday...
4Enclosure: Lafayette’s Revolutionary War Account, 24 December 1793 (Washington Papers)
War Department Accountants office December 24th 1793 Signed Joseph Howell Accountant. Copy, DNA : RG 46, Third Congress, 1793–95, Senate Records of Legislative Proceedings, President’s Messages; copy, DNA : RG 46, Transcribed Reports and Communications Transmitted by the Executive Branch to the U.S. Senate, 1789–1819. War Department Chief Clerk John Stagg, Jr., certified that the account was a...
5To Thomas Jefferson from Jacob Hollingsworth, 24 December 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
Yours I Received and agreable to Request have Bought Clover seede two Bushels at Eighteen Dollars and this afternoon Mr. Alaxander is to set sail from Frenchtown with the seede for Richmond. He would have started sooner but was Disappointed by the post. […] your very Huml Servt RC ( MHi ); one word illegible; addressed: “Thomas Jefferson Esqr Post—Philada.”; endorsed by TJ as received 26 Dec....
6To Thomas Jefferson from Henry Knox, 24 December 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
I have the honor to transmit you, the enclosed letter, dated the 20th. inst: received this day, from the Governor of Maryland, with sundry depositions, relative to the augmentation of force alledged to have been received in the port of Baltimore by the French Privateer Schooner Industry, and the capture of the Brig Cunningham by the Sans Cullotes of Marseilles. I have the honor also to inclose...