1To George Washington from William Lewis, 12 November 1791 (Washington Papers)
Fredericksburg, Va., 12 Nov. 1791. Solicits the position of the keeper of the lighthouse on Cape Henry and refers to John Fitzhugh of Chatham, Stafford County, Va., Luther Page of Mannsfield, Spotsylvania County, Va., John Lewis of Fredericksburg, and Thomas Newton of Norfolk, Va.; “Mr Jefferson if he has Not forgot me will I expect Vouch for me I wrote by Mr Munroe—to him on that Account.”...
2To George Washington from William Lewis, 12 December 1791 (Washington Papers)
I must beg that you will excuse the liberty which I take, in troubling you with the following representation in behalf of William Jones now Confined in the Jail of the County of Philadelphia. He was a Mariner belonging to the Brigantine Andrew, and was at the last District Court for the Pennsylvania District, Convicted of an assault and Battery on his Commander Captain William Young. His...