1From George Washington to John Sinclair, 6 March 1797 (Washington Papers)
On the 11 th of Decr I wrote you a long letter; and intended before the close of the last Session of Congress (which ended on the third instant, conformably to the Constitution) to have addressed you again; but oppressed as I was with the various occurences incident thereto, especially in the latter part of it, it has not been in my power to do so during its continuance; and now, the...
2From George Washington to John Sinclair, 15 July 1797 (Washington Papers)
Since my last to you, dated in Philadelphia the 6th of March, I have been honoured with yours and Lord Hawke’s joint favour of the 28th of March 1796 introductory of Doctr Scandella; who gave me the pleasure of his company in June last, and whom I found a very sensible, and well informed man. I have also received your seperate favours of the 21st of February and 29th of March, in the present...
3From George Washington to John Sinclair, 6 November 1797 (Washington Papers)
Since I had the honor of writing you on the 15th of July, I have been favoured with your letter of the 13th of Feby introductory of Thos Macdonald Esqr., and your note of the 9th of June by Genl Kosciusko; together with the Surveys, and papers accompanying both. For your goodness in sending them, I pray you to accept my best thanks; and that I may not be a burthensome member of the Board, I...
4From George Washington to John Sinclair, 28 November 1797 (Washington Papers)
The Copy of Mr Parkinson’s letter and my answer both of which are enclosed for your perusal and the letter to be forwarded is the best apology I can offer for giving you the Trouble of this Address. As he has taken the liberty of naming you as a Gentleman to whom he is well known I have followed his example (as he writes to me on an interesting subject) in doing the Same to enquire if he...
5From George Washington to John Sinclair, 15 May 1798 (Washington Papers)
The motive which I assigned in my letter of the 6th of Novr (a copy of which, with others, is herewith enclosed) for transmitting you a duplicate of a long, private letter of the 11th Decembr 1796, having encreased from my not having yet received an acknowledgment of it; and having undoubted information that the Vessel by which the duplicate was sent has been taken by a Frh Privateer, the...
6From George Washington to John Sinclair, 10 July 1798 (Washington Papers)
It is not more strange than true, that your letter of the 15th of July 1797, was not received by me until the 28th Ulto; accompanied with the original Surveys of the Counties of Clackmannan, Kinross & Stirling. The Packet appeared to have passed through the hands of Mr King (our Minister) and to have been forwarded by a Mr Frederick Lee in the Ship Adriana; but through what circuitous route,...
7From George Washington to John Sinclair, 20 January 1799 (Washington Papers)
On the 10th of last July I had the honor to write you a pretty long letter on various subjects—and hearing, some considerable time afterwards, that the Ship (Suffolk) by which it had been sent, was Captured by a French Cruiser, from whence none of my letters ever reach[ed] their Address—I did, not long since, transmit a duplicate; which, though unaccompanied with the early Wheat that the above...