1From George Washington to William Hull, 8 July 1783 (Washington Papers)
I am just favord with your Letter of Yesterday. As the intent of sending the Troops on the Lines was to asist the Civil Authority any disposition of them best suited to answer that purpose will be perfectly agreable to me. Tho I could have no objection to your visiting N. York under other circumstances—in your present situation I cannot help thinking it would tend to promote what I have...
2From George Washington to William Hull, 29 December 1786 (Washington Papers)
I informed you in my last, that my own knowledge of the Western Country was rather general than otherwise, but promised to lose no opportunity of collecting every information which I thought might facilitate your intended settlement. Since which time I have had occasion to send Mr Lear out as far as Pittsburg to transact some business for me in that quarter; I directed him to make such...
3From Alexander Hamilton to William Hull, [28 February 1793] (Hamilton Papers)
[ Philadelphia, February 28, 1793. “… The issue is contrary to expectation and is matter of regret. The best, however, must be made of circumstances. The object of your mission being at an end, I am to request that … you will return to this place.” Letter not found. ] The Collector: A Magazine for Autograph and Historical Collectors , LXIV, No. 3 (June, 1951), 128, Item W990. Hull, a native of...
4From Alexander Hamilton to William Hull, 6 December 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
I have received your letter of the 21st of Novr., and am much obliged to you for the information which it contains— I shall always be happy to receive your opinions of characters— With ( Df , in the handwriting of Thomas Y. How, Hamilton Papers, Library of Congress).
5From James Madison to William Hull and Others, 1 May 1802 (Madison Papers)
We are ready according to the terms of our Commission to enquire into the claims which may be made to any part of the lands containd within the conditional cession of Georgia & for that purpose we invite you to communicate to us with precision the nature & extent of the claims made by yourselves & other persons whose agents you are. Transcripts of the several deeds company Articles & other...
6From James Madison to William Hull (Abstract), 22 March 1805 (Madison Papers)
22 March 1805, Department of State . “The President of the United States being desirous of availing the public of your Services as Governor of the Territory of Michigan, I have the pleasure to inclose your Commission.” RC ( MH ); letterbook copy of enclosure ( DNA : RG 59, Miscellaneous Permanent and Temporary Presidential Commissions). RC 1 p.; in a clerk’s hand, signed by JM; docketed by...
7From James Madison to William Hull, 24 May 1805 (Madison Papers)
I have had the honor to receive your letter of the 8th. instant. The qualification of a freehold in land being required of the Governor by law, no power exists in the hands of the Executive to dispense with it: and an allowance for travelling expences in proceeding to the Territory, being also unauthorized by any existing law is equally beyound the purview of the Executive; whatever may be the...
8From James Madison to William Hull (Abstract), 11 June 1805 (Madison Papers)
11 June 1805, Department of State. “As no specific appropriation was made by Congress for the support of the Government of Michegan, it has been arranged, that the Salaries are to be paid out of the Contingent fund of Government; and the Governor Judges and Secretary may receive a quarters advance at the Treasury, reimbursable by the first salary which accrues to them respectively. It will be...
9From James Madison to William Hull, 1 August 1805 (Madison Papers)
I enclose an extract of a letter from the Postmaster General to the President containing information that trespasses are committing on a certain species of timber, growing on the public lands near lake Erie. It is the President’s direction that you warn by proclamation all persons from committing such trespass, and that you be afterwards watchful to cause the trespassers to suffer proper legal...
10From James Madison to William Hull, 17 January 1806 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ To William Hull. 17 January 1806, Department of State. “As the seals & seal-presses necessary for the Territory of Michegan may be more conveniently procured under your immediate direction, I shall be obliged by your taking it upon yourself. It is believed that hitherto a seal & seal-press, of a suitable nature for the territories, have not cost together more than 30 dollars. The expense...