111To George Washington from Edmund Randolph, 28 February 1794 (Washington Papers)
The Secretary of State has the honor of inclosing to the President two letters from Colo. Humphries, this moment received. His mission to Algiers is prohibited by the Dey, who refuses a passport. Colo. H: incloses two letters one in French, the other in a very cross hand; the former is translating; and the latter copying for the President; as they are connected with the Algerine affairs. As it...
112To George Washington from Edmund Randolph, 1 March 1794 (Washington Papers)
I made the informal communication to Mr Jaudenes. He expressed himself to be satisfied with the exertions of the general government; tho’ he questioned, whether the governor of Kentucky has done, what he was commanded by the President to do. Mr Fauchet also was extremely frank in disavowing his predecessor’s conduct. He says, that he will conform to any thing, which shall be prescribed to him...
113To George Washington from Edmund Randolph, 2 March 1794 (Washington Papers)
In your message to both Houses of Congress on the 5 of December 1793, you inform them that “the vexations and spoliations, understood to have been committed on our vessels and commerce, by the Cruisers and Officers of some of the belligerent powers appeared to require attention”: that “the proofs of these, however, not having been brought forward, the description of Citizens, supposed to have...
114To George Washington from Edmund Randolph, 3 March 1794 (Washington Papers)
E. Randolph has the honor of informing the President, that he has shewn the draught of the letter, to Colo. Hamilton who approved it, except in a word, or two. The commercial resolutions being postponed to Monday, E.R. will take, with the President’s permission, to morrow, in order to revise the letter, and examine some fresh complaints, which have come in to-day. AL , DNA : RG 59,...
115To George Washington from Edmund Randolph, 4 March 1794 (Washington Papers)
I have to request you to issue a warrant on the treasury of the United States for the payment of so much of the sum, voted for the relief of the inhabitants of St Domingo, as you mean now to distribute. You will be pleased, sir, to recollect, that you determined the other day to apportion ten thousand dollars only. Since that time, a report has been made from Delaware, and an additional one...
116To George Washington from Edmund Randolph, 4 March 1794 (Washington Papers)
The Secretary of State, having reviewed the Consular Appointments under the United States, has the honor of reporting to the President, as follows. 1. The Consul at Falmouth in Great Britain, has been commissioned in the name of Edward Fox; but he writes that his true name, is Robert Weare Fox. He was promised by the Secretary of State on the 12th of Septr 1793, that the error should be...
117To George Washington from Edmund Randolph, 10 March 1794 (Washington Papers)
Private. Dear sir [Philadelphia, c.10 March 1794] Whether the present deed from Mercer to you, differs in substance from the former, I do not recollect. But the date being a twelvemonth later, may be of serious consequence. It may let in creditors and subsequent purchasers. I beg leave therefore to suggest, that after acknowledging to Mercer the receipt of the deed, you remark, that upon...
118To George Washington from Edmund Randolph, 11 March 1794 (Washington Papers)
The minutes, which were made yesterday at the conference in your room, did not permit an insertion of the reasons, upon which my dissent from the fourth proposition was founded. As I shall always contend, for what I conceive to be the constitutional and legal powers of the government; so I beg leave to request, upon this truly important subject, that you will suffer this letter to be filed...
119To George Washington from Edmund Randolph, 11 March 1794 (Washington Papers)
E. Randolph has the honor of informing the President of the U.S., that he saw Mr Brown, of the senate, from Kentucky, yesterday afternoon: that Mr Brown informed him, that O’Fallon’s letter in his possession, was the original; & that it was intercepted by one of his correspondents in going from O’Fallon to Capt. Herron. Mr Brown did not mention the name of Belli or Wilkinson, in connection...
120To George Washington from Edmund Randolph, 12 March 1794 (Washington Papers)
E. Randolph has the honor of sending to the President a message to accompany the papers from the Spanish commissioners —Also the statement of general officers in the government. AL , DNA : RG 59, Miscellaneous Letters; LB , DNA : RG 59, GW’s Correspondence with His Secretaries of State. For this message and its accompanying papers, see GW to the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives, this...