15181To George Washington from Henry Knox, 9 July 1794 (Washington Papers)
I have the honor to submit to your consideration the following papers. Letter from James Seagrove—4th June 1794. Letter from Israel Chapin—7 June 1794—recd this day— Narrative of Mr Ewing enclosed in Israel Chapin’s letter of the 12th June 1794— Depositions of Peter Tuttle and Charles Evans. Letter from Governor Mifflin, 14th June 1794, to the President of the United States—The copy of a...
15182General Orders, 21 June 1780 (Washington Papers)
Major General Greene will for the present Command the advanced Corps of the Army consisting of Maxwell’s and Stark’s brigades, the Light Horse and Militia. The officers and men of other Corps on the lines are to be relieved tomorrow morning by such detachments as General Greene may think proper to order and are to rejoin their respective Corps. This order is to comprehend any Guards which may...
15183To George Washington from Brigadier General John Paterson, 14 August 1778 (Washington Papers)
Letter not found : from Brig. Gen. John Paterson, 14 Aug. 1778. On 15 Aug., Richard Kidder Meade wrote Paterson: “His Excy rec’d your favor of Yesterday” (DLC:GW).
15184To George Washington from Thomas Jefferson, 2–4 September 1793 (Washington Papers)
Th: Jefferson has the honor to inclose to the President his letter of Aug. 7. to mister Hammond, which was confined to the special cases of three vessels therein named. the object of mister Hammond’s letter of Aug. 30. is to obtain from the government a declaration that the principle of those special cases shall be extended to all captures made within our waters or by the proscribed vessels,...
15185From George Washington to the Cherokee Nation, 29 August 1796 (Washington Papers)
Many years have passed since the White people first came to America. In that long space of time many good men have considered how the condition of the Indian natives of the country might be improved; and many attempts have been made to effect it. But, as we see at this day, all these attempts have been nearly fruitless. I also have thought much on this subject, and anxiously wished that the...
15186From George Washington to Lund Washington, 8 January 1782 (Washington Papers)
Your letters of the 12th & 19th Ulto are now before me, unacknowledged, & this being Post day, will probably produce a third if not a fourth, as I missed one by the last Post and understood that no letters further So. than Annapolis were received in the Mail. I beg you to examine my Papers, & send me those which relate to the Tract on which Simpson lives, which I think consists of five Surveys...
15187General Orders, 27 September 1776 (Washington Papers)
Lieut: Drake of Col. Philips’s Regt, tried by a Court Martial, whereof Col. Ewing was President for “Leaving the regiment without permission of his commanding Officer, and being absent twenty days”—was acquitted. The General approves the Sentence and orders him to be discharged. The Returns are expected to morrow at Orderly time, which the Brigade Majors & Adjutants would do well to attend to....
15188From George Washington to Robert Morris, 8 March 1783 (Washington Papers)
Very painfull Sensations are excited in my Mind by your Letter of the 27th of febry—It is impossible for me to express to you the Regret, with which I received the Information it contains. I have often reflected, with much solicitude, upon the disagreeableness of your Situation & the Negligence of the several States, in not enabling you to do that Justice to the public Creditors, which their...
15189From George Washington to Thornton Washington, 22 June 1786 (Washington Papers)
Mr Throckmorton delivered me your letter of the 6th inst: I am under no apprehension that the title to the land on which you live can be affected by the decision lately had in favor of Messrs Hites & others. Such papers as I can readily find respecting this tract, I send you. The patent from the proprietors office, granted to Captn George Johnston of whom I bought the land, particularly...
15190To George Washington from Alexander Spotswood, 10 July 1792 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from Alexander Spotswood, 10 July 1792. On 23 July, GW wrote Spotswood a letter in which he mentioned “your favor of the 10th.”