561From George Washington to the Governor and Council of North Carolina, 19 June 1789 (Washington Papers)
It was scarcely possible for any Address to have given me greater pleasure, than that which I have just received from you: because I consider it not only demonstrative of your approbation of my conduct in accepting the first office in the Union, but also indicative of the good dispositions of the citizens of your State towards their Sister States, and of the probability of their speedily...
562To George Washington from George Mason, 19 June 1789 (Washington Papers)
I am informed that Mr Jefferson, in a Letter to Congress last November, pointed out the Impropriety of appointing a Consul General in France, and strongly recommended the Appointment of separate Consuls in such of the Principal Ports as America traded most considerably with. Indeed from any Idea I have been able to form of the Office & Duties of a Consul at a foreign Port (vizt to take Care of...
563To George Washington from John Moylan, 19 June 1789 (Washington Papers)
I can no longer resist the Impulse of my feelings in thus congratulating you & America on the proof they have lately given of their Gratitude & Discernment by appointing you once more to preside over their Interests, & in thus testifying at the same time my regret at having been prevented by Absence in Joining with my fellow Citizens in the general Demonstrations of Joy manifested on the...
564To George Washington from Jonathan Titcomb, 19 June 1789 (Washington Papers)
I beg permission to trouble your Excellency on the Subject of the Naval Office for this district which I now hold & have held for several years past, & to request your Excellencys goodness to establish me as Naval Officer for this district under the national Government. I am encouraged to make this application from the services I have performd for my Country from the commencement of...
565From John Jay to Thomas Jefferson, 19 June 1789 (Jay Papers)
I have at Length, my dear Sir the pleasure of informing you (tho’ not officially) that you have Leave to return, and that M r . Short is appointed to take charge of the public affairs during your absence— From the Time that your Letter of the 19 th . Nov r . last was rec d . ^viz t . 10 Feb y ^ to the Time that our former Gov t . gave place to the present one, there [ illegible ] was not a...
566To Thomas Jefferson from Edward Bancroft, 19 June 1789 (Jefferson Papers)
I have just received your favour of the 15th. inst. as I had before done that of a former date. I fully intended writing you a long Letter by Mr. Cutting but I did not Know of his departure until the preceeding day when I had engaged Company to dine with me, from whom I could not disengage myself until midnight, and the next day I was unfortunately attacked by one of my Nervous Headach’s which...
567From C. W. F. Dumas to William Short, 19 June 1789 (Jefferson Papers)
The Hague, 19 June 1789 . Supposing TJ has departed, he asks Short to acknowledge receipt of two letters to the president and the vice-president, as well as one to Jay. He asks that Short seal the last and forward all three to America, as well as to communicate such good news as he may have from America and particularly of Mr. Jefferson. RC ( DLC ). FC (Dumas Letter Book, Rijksarchief, The...
568To Thomas Jefferson from John Jay, 19 June 1789 (Jefferson Papers)
I have at length, my dear Sir, the pleasure of informing you (tho’ not officially) that you have Leave to return, and that Mr. Short is appointed to take charge of the public affairs during your absence. From the Time that your Letter of the 19th. November last was received, Vizt. 10th. February, to the Time that our former Government gave place to the present one, there was not a single Day...
569From John Adams to George Washington, 20 June 1789 (Adams Papers)
Among the Candidates for the Honour of public Employment, under the New Government there is one, whose connection in my family, and public relation to me, in the late legation to S t. James’s would render my total silence on his account, liable to misinterpretation, as proceeding, either from a want of esteem, confidence, or affection for him on the one hand, or to a failure of respect to The...
570To George Washington from William Davis, 20 June 1789 (Washington Papers)
The petition of Wm Davis, of Boston, humbly sheweth that, whereas, since the Year 1776, yr Petitioner has met with a series of misfortunes, in his business, whereby he has sunk a considerable of his own property, and to a considerable amount, whereby he is reduced; he therefore sollicitts yr Excellency that, he may stand a Candidate, & be preferr’d to one of the Offices, either in the Customs,...