1Abigail Adams Smith to John Quincy Adams, 26 October 1795 (Adams Papers)
I am informed of a Vessell to sail for England soon and I have been too remiss already not to embrace this opportunity of writing to you— I had the pleasure to hear from you soon after your arrival— but since that time I have been indebted to our Parrents and Charles for information respecting you— but I am so conscious of my own deficiencies that I cannot complain of yours— nevertheless I...
2Certificate for Ephraim Brasher, [26 October 1795] (Hamilton Papers)
I certify as will appear by letters on file in the Office that I did while Secretary of the Treasury on behalf of the Government empower Mr Seton to procure the within mentioned assays to be made and that compensation was due for the same from the U States. Twas at the time a Report on the Mint was preparing. ADS , RG 217, Miscellaneous Treasury Accounts, 1790–1894, Account No. 7363, National...
3From Alexander Hamilton to John Stevens, 26 October 1795 (Hamilton Papers)
New York, October 26, 1795. “Lady Sterling has consulted me on the subject of the enclosed letter but without more facts than she is possessed of, I cannot judge with certainty in whom the right to the certificates is. Prima facie it is not in Mr. Dayton. But I shall write to that Gentleman to know precisely the grounds of his claim. This information obtained I shall be able to form a final...
4From Alexander Hamilton to George Washington, 26 October 1795 (Hamilton Papers)
I have noticed a piece in the Aurora under the signature of the Calm Observer which I think requires explanation and I mean to give one with my name. I have written to Mr. Wolcott for materials from the Books of the Treasury. Should you think it proper to meet the vile insinuation in the close of it by furnishing for one year the account of expenditure of the salary, I will with pleasure add...
5From Alexander Hamilton to Oliver Wolcott, Junior, 26 [October] 1795 (Hamilton Papers)
I have observed in the “Aurora” a piece under the signature of “A calm Observer” which I think merits attention. It is my design to reply to it with my name but for this I wish to be furnished as soon as possible with the account of the President and of the appropriations for him as it stands in the Secretary’s office the Comptroller’s and the account rendered to Congress, & also the account...
6[Diary entry: 26 October 1795] (Washington Papers)
26. Same as yesterday.
7From George Washington to John William Bronaugh, 26 October 1795 (Washington Papers)
Your letter of the 18th instt from Aquia, enclosing one from your father of the 17th, has been duly recd. There is no doubt, in my mind, but that your fathers Land on the Great Kanhawa is good—All that was surveyed for the Soldiery, under the Proclamation of 1754, was reputed to be so—and as they were the first choice and made by a good judge it is the best evidence I can adduce of the fact...
8To George Washington from Alexander Hamilton, 26 October 1795 (Washington Papers)
I have noticed a piece in the Aurora under the signature of the Calm Observer which I think requires explanation and I mean to give one with my name. I have written to Mr Wolcott for materials from the Books of the Treasury. Should you think it proper to meet the vile insinuation in the close of it by furnishing for one year the account of expenditure of the salary, I will with pleasure add...
9To George Washington from Tobias Lear, 26 October 1795 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from Tobias Lear, 26 Oct. 1795 . In Timothy Pickering’s letter to Lear of 28 Jan. 1796, he referred to “your letter to the President of the 26th of October” ( MHi : Pickering Papers).
10From George Washington to Timothy Pickering, 26 October 1795 (Washington Papers)
Not doubting but that the statements, contained in the enclosed letter to Mr Pinckney, are grounded on facts, it appears to me to be as proper as it is spirited. Transcript, MHi : Pickering Papers. The transcript was certified as “A true copy” by Octavius Pickering, 22 Feb. 1866. The transcript of Pickering’s docket reads in part: “Approves the letter to Mr Pinckney of Oct. [22] relative to...