1To George Washington from Richard Dobbs Spaight, 24 June 1793 (Washington Papers)
On the 21st inst: I received information that a Schooner belonging to the port of Wilmington in this State had been fitted out as a privateer in South Carolina, on behalf of one of the parties at War, taken a British Vessel, and brought her into Wilmington as a Prize; at which place both the privateer and prize were then lying. In conformity to the instructions which I received from the...
2To George Washington from Richard Dobbs Spaight, 21 October 1793 (Washington Papers)
In September I received a letter from the Collector of Wilmington informing me that the Captain of the Privateer, Vanqueur de Bastille had carried his prize the British Sloop Providence, down to the bar of Cape Fear river and had there shifted her guns &c. from on board the Vanqueur de Bastille to the prize sloop, proceeded to sea with her and was then cruizing off that Harbour, the Schooner...
3To George Washington from Richard Dobbs Spaight, 26 November 1793 (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from Richard Dobbs Spaight, 26 Nov. 1793. On 13 Dec., Bartholomew Dandridge, Jr., sent to Henry Knox “a Letter from the Govr of North Carolina of 26 Nov. 93 to the President.”
4To George Washington from Richard Dobbs Spaight, 19 December 1793 (Washington Papers)
By the last post I received the Secretary of wars letter of the 12th Novem: in answer to my letter to you of the 21st of October last respecting the trunk of money which was taken from Captain Hervieux by the revenue officers and lodged in the hands of the deputy Marshal at Wilmington, and which I had given him in order to detain on a presumtion, it had been taken from on board the Spanish...
5To George Washington from Richard Dobbs Spaight, 6 January 1794 (Washington Papers)
I do myself the honor to enclose to you a copy of the proceedings of the General Assembly respecting our frontiers, in conformity to the request of the legislature expressed in those proceedings I have given orders to Col: D. Vance of Buncomb county to call into service the Scouts or patroles agreable to the instructions contained in the Secretary of Wars letter of the 19th Decem: 1792. I have...
6To George Washington from Richard Dobbs Spaight, 6 January 1794 (Washington Papers)
Agreeable to the request of the legislature I do myself the honor to transmit to you, a copy of the petition of Thomas Person and others proprietors of lands in the Territory South of the Ohio And a copy of the petition of the Trustees of the University of North Carolina, together with sundry resolutions of the General Assembly on that subject. I have to request that you will be pleased to...
7To George Washington from Richard Dobbs Spaight, 31 January 1794 (Washington Papers)
Since I wrote to you on the 19th Decem: last application having been made to me by Capt: James Robertson the former master of the Sloop Providence of Montego bay (now called L’amee Margueritte) which was captured in June last by the Vanqueur de Bastille to cause the said sloop to be restored to him upon a principle of her having been captured within the distance of three miles from the coast...
8To George Washington from Richard Dobbs Spaight, 8 February 1794 (Washington Papers)
By the last Southern post I received Mr Hills letter dated the 25th January 1794 respecting the Sloop L’amee Margueritte, and enclosing me a copy of the instructions he had received from the Secretary of state. I find from them that he was directed in such cases in the first instance to call on the parties concerned to appoint by mutual consent arbiters to decide whether the capture was made...
9To George Washington from Richard Dobbs Spaight, 8 February 1794 (Washington Papers)
On the 6th inst. I received the Secretary of Wars two letters of the 13th Jan: and his three letters of the 18th Jan: the latter directing me to restore the money papers and other property now in the custody of the Deputy Marshall, to the Agent of the Spanish Commissioners, I shall give the necessary orders for that purpose and send them on to Wilmington by the next Southern post which leaves...
10To George Washington from Richard Dobbs Spaight, 8 February 1794 (Washington Papers)
By the last post I received the Secretary of Wars letter of the 21st Jany 1794. At the time the legislature passed the resolutions which I did myself the honor to transmit you on the 6th July last they had grounds to apprehend an attack on our frontiers by the Indians. they had from the representations made to me in novem: been in the habit during the Summer and fall of committing depredations...