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| No. | Author | Recipient | Title | Date | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Washington, George | Johnson, Thomas | From George Washington to Thomas Johnson and Thomas Sim … | 1785-05-18 | At a meeting of the Subscribers to the Potowmac Navigation held yesterday agreeable to the Acts... |
| 2 | Washington, George | Sprigg, Richard | From George Washington to Richard Sprigg, 18 May 1785 | 1785-05-18 | I received the Grass-seeds which you sent me sometime since, & thank you for them. This Letter... |
| 3 | Washington, George | Biddle, Clement | From George Washington to Clement Biddle, 16 May 1785 | 1785-05-16 | I stand indebted to you for your several favors of the 7th of March, and 12th & 19th of April.... |
| 4 | Washington, George | Hopkinson, Francis | From George Washington to Francis Hopkinson, 16 May … | 1785-05-16 | In for a penny, in for a pound, is an old adage. I am so hackneyed to the touches of the Painters... |
| 5 | Tilghman, Tench | Washington, George | To George Washington from Tench Tilghman, 14 May 1785 | 1785-05-14 | I am desired by Mr Hollyday to transmit the inclosed to you, and to request the favor of an... |
| 6 | Fitzhugh, William | Washington, George | To George Washington from William Fitzhugh, 13 May 1785 | 1785-05-13 | This will be hand ⟨to⟩ You by Mr Bolton. The Person I recommended to Finish your Large Room—He is... |
| 7 | Harvie, John | Washington, George | To George Washington from John Harvie, 13 May 1785 | 1785-05-13 | You will receive with this Letter a copy of the previous Title Law that pass’d in the year 1779... |
| 8 | Lafayette, Marie-Joseph-Paul-Yves-Roch-Gilbert du … | Washington, George | To George Washington from Lafayette, 13 May 1785 | 1785-05-13 | My Correspondance With You Will this time Be in two Volumes and Young Mr Adams, John Adams’s Son,... |
| 9 | Swan, John | Washington, George | To George Washington from John Swan, 13 May 1785 | 1785-05-13 | When I was in England my friends Messrs Harrison Ansley & Co. of London gave me Charge of a power... |
| 10 | Ambler, Jaquelin (Jacquelin) | Washington, George | To George Washington from Jaquelin Ambler, 12 May 1785 | 1785-05-12 | Still flattering ourselves with an expectation that some encouragement would be given here to the... |
| 11 | Washington, George | Barbier de La Serre, Arsenne-Guillaume-Joseph | From George Washington to Barbier de La Serre, 12 May … | 1785-05-12 | The letter which you did me the honor to write to me the 20th of last month, I found at this... |
| 12 | Marshall, Thomas | Washington, George | To George Washington from Thomas Marshall, 12 May 1785 | 1785-05-12 | Your favor of the 3d Inst. I receiv’d by my Son & will with the greatest pleasure execute the... |
| 13 | Lafayette, Marie-Joseph-Paul-Yves-Roch-Gilbert du … | Washington, George | To George Washington from Lafayette, 11 May 1785 | 1785-05-11 | This is not the only letter You Will Get from me By this packet, But as the opportunity is Safe,... |
| 14 | Humphreys, David | Washington, George | To George Washington from David Humphreys, 10 May 1785 | 1785-05-10 | Since I had the honor to receive by the last Packet your favor dated in Feby last I have been... |
| 15 | Richmond, Christopher | Washington, George | To George Washington from Christopher Richmond, 10 May … | 1785-05-10 | Not having had any communication with the persons appointed by the Act of Assembly of Maryland to... |
| 16 | Symmes, W. | Washington, George | To George Washington from W. Symmes, 10 May 1785 | 1785-05-10 | I have considered well the terms your Excellency mentioned at your sisters as the best you could... |
| 17 | Vancouver, Charles | Washington, George | To George Washington from Charles Vancouver, 10 May … | 1785-05-10 | Letter not found: from Charles Vancouver, 10 May. GW wrote Vancouver on 30 June : “Your favor of... |
| 18 | Grayson, William | Washington, George | To George Washington from William Grayson, 4–8 May 1785 | ≈1785-05-04 | I have recieved your letter of the 25th of Aprill, for which I am much oblig’d to you; I am sorry... |
| 19 | Read, Jacob | Washington, George | To George Washington from Jacob Read, 8 May 1785 | 1785-05-08 | Mr Charles Philips who does me the Honour to charge himself with the delivery of the present... |
| 20 | Jones, Ruthey | Washington, George | To George Washington from Ruthey Jones, 7 May 1785 | 1785-05-07 | Last December twelve months—I had the honour of receiveing your Excellencys’ Letter by major... |
| 21 | Lee, Richard Henry | Washington, George | To George Washington from Richard Henry Lee, 7 May 1785 | 1785-05-07 | This will be delivered to you by the honorable Mr Sitgreaves a very worthy delegate to Congress... |
| 22 | Grayson, William | Washington, George | To George Washington from William Grayson, 5 May 1785 | 1785-05-05 | Mr King one of the delegates of Massachusets bay, & a gentleman of great worth has particularly... |
| 23 | Knox, Henry | Washington, George | To George Washington from Henry Knox, 5 May 1785 | 1785-05-05 | It has been my intention ever since I have been in this City which is fourteen days to have... |
| 24 | Bibby, Thomas | Washington, George | To George Washington from Thomas Bibby, 4 May 1785 | 1785-05-04 | The enclosed letter and a parcell which accompanies it was entrusted to my care by Sr Edward... |
| 25 | Howe, Robert | Washington, George | To George Washington from Robert Howe, 4 May 1785 | 1785-05-04 | The Bearer Mr Sitgreaves is a Delegate in Congress for the State of North Carolina, the Respect... |
| 26 | Lee, Richard Henry | Washington, George | To George Washington from Richard Henry Lee, 3 May 1785 | 1785-05-03 | I have long had a letter prepared for you in answer to your last favor which I have kept for the... |
| 27 | Washington, George | Marshall, Thomas | From George Washington to Thomas Marshall, 3 May 1785 … | 1785-05-03 | Letter not found: to Thomas Marshall, 3 May. On 12 May Marshall wrote GW : “Your favor of the 3d... |
| 28 | Fitzhugh, William | Washington, George | To George Washington from William Fitzhugh, 2 May 1785 | 1785-05-02 | My delay to Address you on the the subject of Mr Bolton, & his to wait on you before the 25 ulto... |
| 29 | Montesquieu, Jean-Baptiste de | Washington, George | To George Washington from Jean-Baptiste de Montesquieu … | 1785-05-02 | My Son has Order’d me to Send to your Excellency One Hundered & Twenty Bottles of White Wine,... |
| 30 | Dismal Swamp Company | Resolutions of the Dismal Swamp Company, 2 May 1785 | 1785-05-02 | That the money, which can at present be raised, be put into the hands of some proper person, and... | |
| 31 | Ridout, Thomas | Washington, George | To George Washington from Thomas Ridout, 1 May 1785 | 1785-05-01 | By return of my Brig to Alexandria I have taken the liberty of sending you a few Cases of wine... |
| 32 | Hollyday, Henry | Washington, George | To George Washington from Henry Hollyday, 30 April 1785 | 1785-04-30 | At the instance of my Neice Miss Harriot Rebecca Anderson, the youngest Daughter, and, now, only... |
| 33 | Newton, Thomas | Washington, George | To George Washington from Thomas Newton, 27 April 1785 … | 1785-04-27 | Letter not found: from Thomas Newton, 27 April. GW wrote Newton on 3 Sept. : “I have suffered... |
| 34 | Bradstreet, Lyonel | Washington, George | To George Washington from Lyonel Bradstreet, 26 April … | 1785-04-26 | It is with Pleasure that I now forward your Excellency a Case which was delivered to my Care in... |
| 35 | Baylor, John | Washington, George | To George Washington from John Baylor, 25 April 1785 | 1785-04-25 | I am just returned from Richmond, where by appointment, I was to have met Mr Dandridge and to... |
| 36 | Washington, George | Grayson, William | From George Washington to William Grayson, 25 April … | 1785-04-25 | I will not let your favor of the fifteenth, for which I thank you, go unacknowledged, tho’ it is... |
| 37 | Greene, Nathanael | Washington, George | To George Washington from Nathanael Greene, 25 April … | 1785-04-25 | Some little time ago Capt. Gunn formerly an officer in the horse sent me a challenge to fight him... |
| 38 | John Murray & Company | Washington, George | To George Washington from John Murray & Co., 25 April … | 1785-04-25 | Agreable to your request have sent you twelve yard of the Calicoe you pick’d out when up here,... |
| 39 | Montesquieu, Charles-Louis de Secondat, baron de … | Washington, George | To George Washington from Charles-Louis de Montesquieu … | 1785-04-25 | I recieved at Paris, the letter Your Excellency did me the honor of addressing to me, in behalf... |
| 40 | Powel, Samuel | Washington, George | To George Washington from Samuel Powel, 25 April 1785 | 1785-04-25 | Tho’ I am apprehensive that you may be fatigued with Letters of Recommendation, yet I cannot... |
| 41 | Harvie, John | Washington, George | To George Washington from John Harvie, 22 April 1785 | 1785-04-22 | Upon my Researches into the Ordinances of Convention and Acts of Assembly to see if I could... |
| 42 | Thomson, Charles | Washington, George | To George Washington from Charles Thomson, 22 April … | 1785-04-22 | I received yesterday your letter of the 5. And as the subject therein referred to belongs to the... |
| 43 | Washington, William | Washington, George | To George Washington from William Washington, 21 April … | 1785-04-21 | Major George Washington arriv’d at this place in January & has favor’d me with his company ever... |
| 44 | Washington, George | Carey, Mathew | From George Washington to Mathew Carey, 20 April 1785 | 1785-04-20 | I have received your letter of the 30th Ulto —If it should ever be in my power to render you any... |
| 45 | Washington, George | Clinton, George | From George Washington to George Clinton, 20 April 1785 | 1785-04-20 | I promised you a letter by the last Post, but it was not in my power to fulfill it, business not... |
| 46 | Barbier de la Serre, Arsenne-Guillaume-Joseph | Washington, George | To George Washington from Barbier de la Serre, 20 April … | 1785-04-20 | Letter not found: from Barbier de la Serre, 20 April. On 12 May GW wrote Barbier de la Serre :... |
| 47 | Williams, Otho Holland | Washington, George | To George Washington from Otho Holland Williams, 20 … | 1785-04-20 | I have not had the honor of a line, or message from you since I forwarded, to Mount Vernon, the... |
| 48 | Biddle, Clement | Washington, George | To George Washington from Clement Biddle, 19 April 1785 | 1785-04-19 | Since my last I paid Mr Claypoole your account for Advertisements for which the receipt is... |
| 49 | Hopkinson, Francis | Washington, George | To George Washington from Francis Hopkinson, 19 April … | 1785-04-19 | Encouraged by the friendly Notice with which you have upon every Occasion been pleased to honour... |
| 50 | Morris, Robert | Washington, George | To George Washington from Robert Morris, 17 April 1785 | 1785-04-17 | I received in due time the Letter you were so obliging as to write me of the 1st February and am... |