3101To George Washington from John Lithgow, c.7 November 1796 (Washington Papers)
It is the peculiar advantage of a republican Government that the meanest Citizen, may address the highest, upon any Subject which concerns the welfare of the Nation, without having it supposed that, he is interfering in things which do not belong to him. It is equaly true that every Citizen, who thinks for the public Good, ought to use every endeavour within his power, to check folly, to...
3102To George Washington from Eleanor Wilson, 7 November 1796 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found : from Eleanor Wilson, 7 Nov. 1796 . Secretary of State Timothy Pickering wrote Wilson from Philadelphia on 15 March 1797: “I had overlooked your petition to the late President Washington dated the 7th of last November, and the papers accompanying it” ( DNA : RG 59, Diplomatic and Consular Instructions, 1791–1801).
3103To George Washington from William Pearce, 6 November 1796 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found : from William Pearce, 6 Nov. 1796 . GW wrote Pearce on 14 Nov. : “Your letter of the 6th was received (with the Reports) on Saturday.”
3104Memorandum for James Anderson and William Pearce, 5 November 1796 (Washington Papers)
I shall communicate such directions as have occurred to me since I left Mount Vernon, and are necessary to be followed, in this way; that such of them as may not be executed, or executed in part only, by Mr Pearce, may be consigned over & compleated, or attempted to be completed by his Successor, Mr Anderson. The Plan for the Crops of next year (as handed to me by Mr Pearce) may be adopted: or...
3105To George Washington from Alexander Hamilton, 5 November 1796 (Washington Papers)
Yesterday after the departure of the Post I received your letter of the 3d. I have since seen the answer to Adet. I perceive in it nothing intrinsically exceptionable but something in the manner a little epigrammatical and sharp. I make this remark freely, because the Card now to be played is perhaps the most delicate that has occurred in your administration—And nations like Individuals...
3106To George Washington from Judith Sargent Stevens Murray, 5 November 1796 (Washington Papers)
The homage of the heart, sanctioned by a judgment resulting from the most deliberate investigation, will ever be the involuntary tribute of incomparable abilities, animated, and directed, by illustrious virtues. From this incontrovertible truth, it follows, of course, that every reflecting American will, without hesitation, prostrate before the luminous manifestations, of that assemblage of...
3107To George Washington from Thomas Morton Bates, 4 November 1796 (Washington Papers)
The Inclosed will shew you a Work which I am now printing here, a number of which I hope to disperse in your part of the world; The utility of the work is a sufficient appology for my taking the liberty of thus addressing you on the Subject; hoping you will be kind enough to give it that sanction, which you think it merits. For any thing farther, I wd refer you to Mr George Morton, Treasury,...
3108To George Washington from Alexander Hamilton, 4 November 1796 (Washington Papers)
I have lately been honored with two letters from you, one from Mount Vernon the other from Philadelphia, which came to hand yesterday. I immediately sent the last to Mr Jay & conferred with him last night. We settled our opinion on one point—(viz.) That whether Mr Adet acted with or without instructi[o]n from his Government in publishing his communication, he committed a disrespect towards our...
3109To George Washington from Jane Swanson, 4 November 1796 (Washington Papers)
To forgive the Liberty a Young Woman has taken, as the Goodness of your heart is confessed by every one in this Country as well as in America, and has been ever ready to relieve the distressed, I therefore hope this may claim some Merit to your Ex-cellencys Attention. My Father whose Name was John Swanson, and if by the Informati⟨on⟩ I have lately received from a Friend of his, and also by...
3110To George Washington from the Commissioners for the District of Columbia, 3 November 1796 (Washington Papers)
Upon an accurate research into the several laws past by the Legislature of Maryland respecting that part of the City formerly known by the names of Carrollsburgh and Hamburgh, it is thought, that the order lately made by you for a reconveyance, may not be extensive enough to include those Lots—We therefore take the liberty of requesting your signature to the enclosed, which will include all...