7511Henry Knox to Tobias Lear, 11 June 1793 (Washington Papers)
Please to submit to the President of the United States, two Letters from Govr Blount—one of the 12th and the other of the 15th May—the last letters were of the 28. April. And please also to submit an old letter of Colonel Pickering, enclosing a message purporting to be from the hostile Indians. I am Sir Yours sincerely LS , DLC:GW ; LB , DLC:GW . William Blount’s letters, written at Knoxville...
7512To George Washington from Edmund Randolph, 11 June 1793 (Washington Papers)
On my arrival at Baltimore, Colo. S. Smith gave me a very early and easy opportunity of conversing with him on the subject of his letter to Colo. Hamilton. He repeated the same alarm, as still existing in the breasts of the merchants; adding, however, a confidence in the executive, as being better qualified to judge, from a comprehensive view of our situation. My explanations were apparently...
7513Tobias Lear to Thomas Janney, 10 June 1793 (Washington Papers)
Colo. Lowrey informs me that you are possessed of a horse which he had recommended, previous to your owning him, to be purchased by the President; & that you are willing to part with him for one hundred & twenty five pounds. Altho’ this price far exceeds what the President had an idea of giving for him, yet as he is desirous of obtaining a good covering horse to put on his Estate at Mount...
7514From George Washington to Frances Bassett Washington, 10 June 1793 (Washington Papers)
Your Aunt has lately received a letter from you, to which an answer was given about a week ago. As this answer, so far as it respected the renting of the estate in Berkley, of which you are possessed, was dictated by me, in a hurry, I will now give you my ideas more at large on that subject; although they will still appear, from my immersion in other business, to carry with them strong marks...
7515To George Washington from George Clinton, 9 June 1793 (Washington Papers)
Having received Information last evening from Thomas Randall Esquire Master Warden of this Port and through other Channels, that a sloop was equipped, armed and manned in this Harbor and ready to sail, and that there were reasons to suspect that she was intended to act as a Privateer under a Commission from one of the Belligerent Powers of Europe, I, in consequence of your request signified to...
7516From George Washington to Anthony Whitting, 9 June 1793 (Washington Papers)
In due course of Post I have received you letters of the 31st of May & 5th instant; and was equally surprized & concerned to find by the last, that your health was in the declining, & precarious State you describe it to be because you had not given the least intimation thereof in any other letter, since my departure from Mount Vernon. I can only repeat now, what I have often done before, that...
7517To George Washington from Alexander Hamilton, 8 June 1793 (Washington Papers)
I have the honor to send you a report on the communication from the Minister plenipotentiary of France respecting the reimbursement of the residue of the Debt of the United States to that Country, altered in conformity to your desire; and to be with perfect respect &c. LB , DLC:GW . The enclosed report of 8 June reads: “The Secretary of the Treasury to whom was referred as Communication from...
7518To George Washington from Thomas Jefferson, 8 June 1793 (Washington Papers)
Th: Jefferson has the honor to inclose to the President a letter from our bankers, at Amsterdam stating a balance due them on the foreign intercourse fund Apr. 2. of 13,225 florins equal to about 5,300 Dollars. this being communicated for the information of the President, the following explanation is necessary. independent of the fund on which this balance appears, the bankers had in their...
7519To George Washington from Arthur St. Clair, 8 June 1793 (Washington Papers)
You will probably be surprised to see a Letter from me of this date from this place —The Delay I have met with in this Country has distressed me extremly but it has been unavoidable; for I have been at the very point of Death: and now I am so far recovered only as to be barely able to ride but still too weak to walk more than a few Yards at a time, nevertheless, I am on my way to Pittsburgh to...
7520From George Washington to William Thornton, 8 June 1793 (Washington Papers)
The President of the United States is much obliged by Doctr Thornton’s polite attentions, and prays him to accept his thanks for the Treatise on the Elements of written language. The President is sorry to hear of the Doctors indisposition. A speedy and perfect recovery is wished. AL , DLC : William Thornton Papers. Thornton’s Cadmus, or A Treatise on the Elements of Written Language...