1Tobias Lear to Thomas Jefferson, 23 June 1790 (Washington Papers)
By the command of the President of the United States T. Lear has the honor to enclose for Mr Jefferson perusal a Letter from the Count de Estaing to the President which was alluded to by Mr Short in the letter which Mr Jefferson laid before the president at the time when he delivered the above letter from the Ct de Estaing. Likewise two letters a Memorial & a treatise upon establishing a...
2To Thomas Jefferson from Tobias Lear, 23 June 1790 (Jefferson Papers)
By the command of the President of the United States T. Lear has the honor to enclose for Mr. Jefferson’s perusal a letter from the Count d’Estaing to the President, which was alluded to by Mr. Short in the letter which Mr. Jefferson laid before the President at the time when he delivered the above letter from the Count d’Estaing, likewise two letters, a memorial, and a treatise upon...
3I. Tobias Lear to the Secretary of State, 8 December 1790 (Jefferson Papers)
In obedience to the Commands of the President of the United States I have the honor to transmit herewith sundry communications of the proceedings of Government in the western Territory from Jany to July 1790 made by the Secretary of the said Territory to the President of the U.S. upon which the President requests your opinion as to what should be done respecting them. I have likewise the honor...
4To Thomas Jefferson from Tobias Lear, 10 December 1790 (Jefferson Papers)
[ Philadelphia ], 10 Dec. 1790. By the President’s command he transmits resolutions of the Convention of Kentucky for forming that district into a separate state, and an application for its admission into the union, together with a letter from the President of the Convention to the President of the United States. FC ( DNA : RG 59, SDC ); at head of text: “United States”; at conclusion Lear...
5V. Tobias Lear to the Secretary of State, 16 December 1790 (Jefferson Papers)
By the President’s Command I have the honor to transmit the enclosed letter from Winthrop Sargent Esqr Secy of the Western Territory, to the President of the United States: which the President requests may be put with the communications from the Western Territory.—I have the honor to be with the highest respect Sir. Yr most Ob. St. RC ( DNA : RG 59, MLR ). Not recorded in SJL . Enclosure:...
6To Thomas Jefferson from Tobias Lear, 3 January 1791 (Jefferson Papers)
By the President’s command T. Lear has the honor to transmit to the Secretary of State to be lodged in his Office one exemplified Copy of an Act of the Legislature of the State of New Jersey for vesting in the United States of America the Jurisdiction of a Lot of Land at Sandy Hook in the County of Monmouth, and a letter which accompanied said Act from the Goverr. of the State of New Jersey to...
7II. Tobias Lear to the Secretary of State, 26 January 1791 (Jefferson Papers)
By the President’s command T. Lear has the honor respectfully to transmit to the Secretary of State, to be lodged in his Office, a letter from His most Christian Majesty to the President and Members of Congress dated Septr. 11th 1790 a letter from the President of the National Assembly of France to the President of the United States and a decree of that Assembly dated June 20 1790. And a...
8To Thomas Jefferson from Tobias Lear, 5 February 1791 (Jefferson Papers)
United States, 5 Feb. 1791 . Transmits by the President’s command for deposit in the Secretary of State’s office “the Return of the enumeration of the Inhabitants of Massachusetts District” made to the President by the marshal of that district. PrC ( DNA : RG 59, MLR ); 1 p. FC ( Lb in same, SDC ). Lear also wrote a note to TJ on 7 Mch. 1792 transmitting “a return of the inhabitants in each...
9II. Tobias Lear to the Secretary of State, 27 February 1791 (Jefferson Papers)
By the President’s command T. Lear has the honor respectfully to transmit to the Secretary of State a Resolution of the Senate upon the President’s Message of the 19th of January last. T. Lear has, moreover, the honor to inform the Secretary of State that on the 26th of this month the Senate did, in pursuance of the President’s nominations, advise and consent to the following appointments viz....
10VII. Tobias Lear to the Secretary of State, 4 March 1791 (Jefferson Papers)
By the President’s command T. Lear has the honor to inform the Secretary of State, that the opinion given by the Secretary in the case of Mr. Anderson agrees fully with that which the President has formed upon a complete view of the circumstances.—And it is the President’s wish that Mr. Anderson’s Commission should issue accordingly. RC ( DLC : Washington Papers). PrC ( DNA : RG 59, MLR );...
11To Thomas Jefferson from Tobias Lear, 9 July 1791 (Jefferson Papers)
“United States,” 9 July 1791 . By President’s command he transmits letter from Francisco Chiappe, forwarded by James Simpson, “which the President requests the Secretary to take into consideration.” PrC ( DNA : RG 59, MLR ). Tr ( DNA : RG 59, SDC ). Recorded in SJL as received the same day. Enclosures: (1) James Simpson to the President, Gibraltar, 13 Apr. 1791, sending “another packet…from...
12To Thomas Jefferson from Tobias Lear, 7 August 1791 (Jefferson Papers)
[ Philadelphia ], 7 Aug. 1791 .] He encloses a letter from the President to Thomas Johnson, with the request that it be sent with his commission and directed “to the care of the Postmaster at Baltimore as the most likely mean of their reaching their destination with safety and dispatch.”—He also transmits a letter from Governor Blount to the Secretary of State and letters from the latter to...
13Tobias Lear to Thomas Jefferson, 30 August 1791 (Washington Papers)
[Philadelphia] 30 August 1791. At the request of Attorney General Edmund Randolph, encloses for the office of the secretary of state fifteen patents signed by the president. ALS , DNA : RG 59, Miscellaneous Letters; LB , DLC:GW . Thomas Jefferson docketed the receiver’s copy: “The Secy of State 30th Augt 1792” and listed on it that the enclosed patents were for Englebert Cruse, James Rumsey,...
14To Thomas Jefferson from Tobias Lear, with List of Patents, 30 August 1791 (Jefferson Papers)
The fifteen enclosed Patents , having received the signature of the President of the United States, are, at the request of the Attorney General, transmitted to the Office of the Secretary of State by Dft ( DNA : RG 59, MLR ); with subjoined note by Lear; endorsed in part: “the Secy of State.” FC ( Lb in same, SDC ); with subjoined list of recipients omitting patent descriptions. Enclosures:...
15To Thomas Jefferson from Tobias Lear, 1 February 1792 (Jefferson Papers)
By the President’s command, T. Lear has the honor to transmit to the Secretary of State a Copy of the Speech of Lord Dorchester to the Western Indians—and of a letter from Colo. Beckwith to the Secretary to the Treasury accompanying said speech.—The President wishes the Secretary of State to look over these papers before he sees the President. RC ( DLC ); endorsed by TJ as received 31 Jan....
16To Thomas Jefferson from Tobias Lear, 11 February 1792 (Jefferson Papers)
T. Lear has the honor to inform Mr. Jefferson that the President considers the 22d. day of this month as his birth day, having been born on the 11t. old Style. T. Lear further adds, that the President does not expect to See any Company today on the above occasion—and moreover, that the President’s birth day was last year noticed in this City on the 22d.—and T. L. has understood, in an indirect...
17To Thomas Jefferson from Tobias Lear, 3 March 1792 (Jefferson Papers)
United States, 3 Mch. 1792 . By the President’s command he transmits the “return of the enumeration of the Inhabitants of South Carolina” received from the marshal there, a letter from Governor Pinckney which, if necessary, the President wishes TJ either to answer or to report to him about, and two pardons signed by the President to which the seal must be affixed. The President wishes to have...
18Tobias Lear to Thomas Jefferson, 5 March 1792 (Washington Papers)
Upon submitting the enclosed note from Mr Bache to the President, he desired I would send it to you, that if you thought it right for him to be furnished with the letter wh. he requests it might be done. Should you determine in the affirmative & not have a copy of the translation at hand—I will have a copy of the note left with the President—sent to Mr B. The President has been informed that...
19To Thomas Jefferson from Tobias Lear, 5 March 1792 (Jefferson Papers)
Upon submitting the enclosed note from Mr. Bache to the President, he desired I would send it to you, that if you thought it right for him to be furnished with the letter wh. he requests it might be done.—Should you determine in the affirmative and not have a copy of the translation at hand, I will have a copy of the one left with the President, sent to Mr. B. The President has been informed...
20To Thomas Jefferson from Tobias Lear, 13 March 1792 (Jefferson Papers)
By the President’s command T. Lear has the honor to return to the Secretary of State the draft of a letter to the King of France, which meets the President’s approbation; and to enclose the Resolution of the House of Representatives with the signature of the Speaker. As it is possible that the Senate may come forward with a Resolution on this occasion; the President asks, if it would not be...
21To Thomas Jefferson from Tobias Lear, 16 March 1792 (Jefferson Papers)
United States, 16 Mch. 1792 . By the President’s command he transmits a 28 Oct. letter from Chiappe, which the President asks TJ to consider and report whatever may demand his attention. The President wishes to see TJ “some time between this and two o’clock as he can make it most convenient.” RC ( DLC ); 1 p.; endorsed by TJ as received 16 Mch. 1792. PrC ( DNA : RG 59, MLR ). FC ( Lb in same,...
22To Thomas Jefferson from Tobias Lear, 16 March 1792 (Jefferson Papers)
United States, 16 Mch. 1792 . Transmits by the President’s command a copy of the Senate resolution extending the negotiation proposed at Madrid to commerce. RC ( DLC ); 1 p.; endorsed by TJ as received 17 Mch. 1792. Dft ( DNA : RG 59, MLR ). FC ( Lb in same, SDC ). Enclosure: Resolution of the Senate, 16 Mch. 1792 (see note to TJ’s second letter to George Washington, 7 Mch. 1792).
23Tobias Lear to Thomas Jefferson, 31 March 1792 (Washington Papers)
By the President’s command T. Lear has the honor to transmit to the Secretary of State, letters from Mr Seagrove, that the Secretary may take extracts therefrom for the purpose mentioned this day. The President wishes to know if the Copies of Mr Hammond’s letter which have been sent to the President were intended to be put into the hands of the Secretary of War to be transmitted by him to Mr...
24To Thomas Jefferson from Tobias Lear, 31 March 1792 (Jefferson Papers)
United States, 31 Mch. 1792 . Transmits by the President’s command letters from James Seagrove so that TJ could “take extracts therefrom for the purpose mentioned this day.” The President wishes to know if the copies sent to him of the letter of George Hammond are intended to be forwarded to Seagrove by the Secretary of War. RC ( DLC ); 1 p.; endorsed by TJ as received 31 Mch. 1792. Dft ( DNA...
25To Thomas Jefferson from Tobias Lear, 3 April 1792 (Jefferson Papers)
“United States,” 3 Apr. 1792. By President’s command he transmits letter from Giuseppe Chiappe of 31 Aug. 1791, “in which if the Secretary finds anything requiring the particular attention of the president, the President wishes he would report it to him.” PrC ( DNA : RG 59, MLR ). Tr (same, SDC ). Not recorded in SJL or SJPL . Enclosure: Giuseppe Chiappe to the President, 31 Aug. 1791 ( RC in
26To Thomas Jefferson from Tobias Lear, 15 April 1792 (Jefferson Papers)
By the President’s command T. Lear has the honor to ask Mr. Jefferson if he has any knowledge of the writer of the enclosed letter?—and if he has not, whether it is probable that information respecting him could be obtained from any respectable person in this Country?—and that Mr. Jefferson will, after perusing and considering said letter, let the President know his opinion upon the expediency...
27To Thomas Jefferson from Tobias Lear, 30 June 1792 (Jefferson Papers)
The President of the U. S. wishes the opinion of the Secry. of State whether the present chief Coiner of the Mint is properly authorized by the resolution of Congress passed on the 3d day of March 1791. Dft ( DNA : RG 59, MLR ). FC ( Lb in same, SDC ). The congressional
28Tobias Lear to Thomas Jefferson, 11 July 1792 (Washington Papers)
The President of the U.S. informs the Secretary of State that he has retained one of the proof Sheets of the federal City, and returns the others with the letter from Mr Blodget, which the President thinks had better be sent to the Commissioners by the mail, which will certainly reach G. Town on Monday. The President’s Cavalry are in such order that he cannot say with any precision when he...
29Tobias Lear to Thomas Jefferson, 26 October 1792 (Washington Papers)
By the President’s command T. Lear has the honor to inform the Secy of State, that the President desires Commissions to be made out for the following persons—and to bear the dates annexed thereto—viz. John Adams, the first, and Benjamin Gunnison, second mate in the New Hampshire Cutter—June 30th 1792. John Finley, second Mate in the New York Cutter—July 17: 1792. David Porter, Master of the...
30To Thomas Jefferson from Tobias Lear, 31 October 1792 (Jefferson Papers)
By the President’s command T. Lear has the honor to transmit the enclosed letter to the Secretary of State, and request that he will have it translated for the President. It was put into the President’s hands by Mr. Swanick, who informs him that a Vessel will Sail for Italy tomorrow or next day, and if the enclosed letter is of a nature to require an immediate answer, this Vessel presents an...
31To Thomas Jefferson from Tobias Lear, 1 November 1792 (Jefferson Papers)
By the President’s command T. Lear has the honor to transmit to the Secretary of State, to be lodged in his Office, a copy of the Constitution formed for the State of Kentucky , which has been transmitted to the President by Colo. McDowell, in compliance with an order of the Convention. The President thinks it would be proper for him to cause a Copy of this Constitution to be laid before each...
32Tobias Lear to Thomas Jefferson, 4 November 1792 (Washington Papers)
The President requests, that if Mr Jefferson intends writing to Mr Pinckney by the British Packet (the mail for which is to be closed at New York on Wednesday) he will be so good as to transmit the enclosed letters to his care. AL , DLC : Jefferson Papers. Jefferson docketed this letter as being from “Lear Tob.” and erroneously noted that it was “recd Oct. 4. 92.” The enclosed letters have not...
33To Thomas Jefferson from Tobias Lear, 12 November 1792 (Jefferson Papers)
The President returns Judge Turner’s letter which The Secretary of State submitted to his perusal. The President has no copy of the Act of Virginia giving money for the federal buildings. The President requests that the Secretary of State will at all times introduce such Characters to him as he may think proper to be introduced. RC ( DLC ); endorsed by TJ as received 12 Nov. 1792. Lear was...
34To Thomas Jefferson from Tobias Lear, 17 November 1792 (Jefferson Papers)
By the President’s command T. Lear has the honor to transmit to the Secretary of State the enclosed letters relative to appointing a Counsul for the United States to reside in India; and to request, that, if the Secretary on considering the subject sees no objection to such appointment, he would prepare a message to the Senate therefor. RC ( DLC ); inadvertently endorsed by TJ as received 15...
35Tobias Lear to Thomas Jefferson, 23 November 1792 (Washington Papers)
T. Lear has the honor to transmit to the Secretary of State the Commissions which were sent to the President for his signature, which they have received. T. Lear begs leave to observe that in the Commission of Mr Joy, it is expressed: “He demanding and receiving no Fees or Perquisites” —which appears to be contrary to the fourth Section of the Act passed during the last Session of Congress,...
36To Thomas Jefferson from Tobias Lear, 23 November 1792 (Jefferson Papers)
T. Lear has the honor to transmit to the Secretary of State the Commissions which were sent to the President for his signature, which they have received. T. Lear begs leave to observe that in the Commission of Mr. Joy, it is expressed: “He demanding and receiving no Fees or Perquisites” —which appears to be contrary to the fourth Section of the Act passed during the last Session of Congress,...
37To Thomas Jefferson from Tobias Lear, 28 November 1792 (Jefferson Papers)
By the President’s command T. Lear has the honor to inform the Secretary of State that as the former sum of 10,000 dollars, for the use of the Mint, was drawn from the Treasury in pursuance of his order for that purpose, he thinks it best that the same form should be observed on the present occasion; he has therefore drawn the enclosed order for five thousand dollars to be applied to the...
38To Thomas Jefferson from Tobias Lear, 29 November 1792 (Jefferson Papers)
By the President’s command T. Lear has the honor to inform the Secretary of State, that a bill for ten thousand dollars will be drawn by the Treasury of the U.S. on our Holland Bankers payable to Mr. Pinckney, for the purpose of obtaining Copper for the Mint. The President, however, suggests, that it would not perhaps be best to confine Mr. Pinckney strictly to Sweeden for the purchase of the...
39Tobias Lear to Thomas Jefferson, 11 December 1792 (Washington Papers)
By the President’s Command T. Lear has the honor to transmit to the Secretary of State the Draft of a Proclamation, which the President requests may be prepared for his signature. The President likewise wishes the Secretary’s opinion whether this Proclamation should be published in the papers here, or whether it would be proper to send it to Georgia only for publication. AL , DLC : Jefferson...
40To Thomas Jefferson from Tobias Lear, 11 December 1792 (Jefferson Papers)
By the President’s Command T. Lear has the honor to transmit to the Secretary of State the Draft of a Proclamation, which the President requests may be prepared for his Signature. The President likewise wishes the Secretary’s opinion whether this Proclamation should be published in the papers here, or whether it would be proper to send it to Georgia only for publication. RC ( DLC ); endorsed...
41Tobias Lear to Thomas Jefferson, 18 December 1792 (Washington Papers)
By the President’s command T. Lear has the honor to request that the Secretary of State will have Commissions made out for the following persons; Samuel Odiorne, third mate of the New-Hampshire Revenue Cutter; to be dated 18th December 1792. Ebenezer Perkins, third mate of the Connecticut Cutter; to be dated 18th Decr 1792. William Loring, first mate of the New York Cutter; to be dated Novemr...
42Tobias Lear to Thomas Jefferson, 20 December 1792 (Washington Papers)
By the President’s command, T. Lear has the honor to return to the Secretary of State the letter from the Treasurer of Virginia, which has been submitted to him —and to request that the Secretary would inform the President where he can obtain a copy of the New Impressions of the Federal City? The President wishes to know if it would not be adviseable, in the Secretary’s Opinion, to have a...
43To Thomas Jefferson from Tobias Lear, 20 December 1792 (Jefferson Papers)
By the President’s command, T. Lear has the honor to return to the Secretary of State the letter from the Treasurer of Virginia, which has been submitted to him—and to request that the Secretary would inform the President where he can obtain a copy of the new Impression of the Federal City . The President wishes to know if it would not be adviseable, in the Secretary’s Opinion, to have a...
44Tobias Lear to Thomas Jefferson, 10 January 1793 (Washington Papers)
The President orders T. Lear to return to the Secretary of State the letter from Mr Pinckney—the one from Mr Johnson and that from Mr Livingston, which have been submitted to the President’s perusal; and to observe that the President thinks it is to be regretted that Mr Pinckney does not say anything in his letters relative to certain matters which he was instructed to be particularly attentive...
45To Thomas Jefferson from Tobias Lear, 10 January 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
The President orders T. Lear to return to the Secretary of State the letter from Mr. Pinckney-the one from Mr. Johnson and that from Mr. Livingston, which have been submitted to the President’s perusal; and to observe that the President thinks it is to be regretted that Mr. Pinckney does not say anything in his letters relative to certain matters which he was instructed to be particularly...
46Tobias Lear to Thomas Jefferson, 11 January 1793 (Washington Papers)
T. Lear is ordered by the President of the U.S. to transmit to the Secretary of State a letter and its enclosures, together with a draft of the survey of the federal district, which he has received from the Commissione[r]s. The President requests that the Secretary will take this matter into consideration and report to the President his opinion whether it should be laid before Congress or not....
47To Thomas Jefferson from Tobias Lear, 11 January 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
T. Lear is ordered by the President of the U.S. to transmit to the Secretary of State a letter and its enclosures, together with a draft of the Survey of the federal District, which he has received from the Commissioners. The President requests that the Secretary will take this matter into consideration and report to the President his opinion whether it should be laid before Congress or not....
48Tobias Lear to Thomas Jefferson, 14 January 1793 (Washington Papers)
By the President’s command T. Lear has the honor to return to the Secretary of State the letter to the Minister of France, relative to the supply of money to pay certain Bills drawn by the administration of St Domingo, which has been submitted to the President; and to inform the Secretary, that the President, presuming that the contents of said letter is conformable to the arrangements made on...
49To Thomas Jefferson from Tobias Lear, 14 January 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
By the President’s command T. Lear has the honor to return to the Secretary of State the letter to the Minister of France, relative to the supply of money to pay certain Bills drawn by the administration of St. Domingo, which has been submitted to the President; and to inform the Secretary, that the President, presuming that the contents of said letter is conformable to the arrangements made...
50To Thomas Jefferson from Tobias Lear, 15 January 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
As the Secretary of State may be about to write to the Commissioners respecting the additions of the City to be marked in the survey of the federal territory, the President sends him the enclosed which he has just recieved from Mr. Forrest, that he may see more particularly the situation of matters between Mr. Ellicott and the Commissioners. RC ( DLC ); endorsed by TJ as received 15 Jan. 1793....