1From George Washington to Henry Knox, 1 May 1794 (Washington Papers)
The letter from General Wayne to you, of the 10th of March, I have perused. The Contractors who supplied the articles of Hats & Shoes to the Army, which he complains of, or the person who inspected them—or both, ought to be called to a severe account for such abuse of public confidence. The ideas communicated in the above letter, relatively to long & short Coats are not, I conceive, bad....
2From George Washington to Alexander Hamilton, 2 May 1794 (Washington Papers)
I did not think it worth while to give you the trouble of writting a formal answer, and therefore I desired the Secretary of State, who was with me on business, if he had an opportunity, to ask an explanation of the last clause in your letter of the 30th ulto —He has just informed me, that you state that there is money in your hands, applicable to the French debt; and upon the whole, I do not...
3From George Washington to William Pearce, 4 May 1794 (Washington Papers)
Your letter of the 29th ulto, and the reports which were enclosed, came duly to hand. I am sorry to find by the first that the Ship Peggy had not then arrived at George Town, from London. I fear the White thorn Plants (5,000 in number) which I have on board, together with Mr Lears fruit Trees, will suffer very much, if they are not entirely destroyed; by the advanced season. Let the ground...
4From George Washington to the United States Senate, 5 May 1794 (Washington Papers)
Since the nomination of Richard Harrison, as Judge of the District of New York, he has requested me to withdraw his name. Having informed myself, through the channel, marked out by the Senate in their resolution of the 27. of January 1792 for the communication of their executive proceedings to the President, that the nomination is not decided; I therefore withdraw the same, and nominate, John...
5Notice of John Jay’s Powers as Envoy Extraordinary to Great Britain, 6 May 1794 (Washington Papers)
George Washington President of the United States of America. To all, and singular, whom these Presents shall concern—Greeting. Know Ye, That for the purpose of confirming between the United States of America, and his Britannic Majesty perfect harmony and a good correspondence, and of removing all grounds of dissatisfaction, and from a special Trust and Confidence in the Integrity, Prudence,...
6From George Washington to Alexander Hamilton, 6 May 1794 (Washington Papers)
(Private) Dear Sir, [Philadelphia] May 6th 1794. In answering your note of yesterday, respecting the request of Mr Talleyrand de Perigord, I do not hesitate to declare that, I find it difficult to hit upon a line of conduct towards characters, under the description that Gentleman is—Emigrants—that is satisfactory to my own mind; or more properly, that is free from exception, by avoiding what...
7From George Washington to Tobias Lear, 6 May 1794 (Washington Papers)
Your letter of the 26th of Jany with a Postscript of the 30th of the same month, by Captn Truxton, and another of the 12th of Feby by a Vessel to New York, I have safely received. But neither the one from Glasgow (with the box) nor the other by the Peggy, referred to in the above letters, are yet come to hand. The Watch, and Portrait of the Earl of Buchan, were received in very good order. The...
8From George Washington to John Jay, 7 May 1794 (Washington Papers)
Your letter of Sunday came to my hands yesterday, and for the Pamphlet enclosed, I thank you. The purport of my last to you, with the enclosure, are incontrovertible evidence that no offer had been, or could be made to the Gentleman you mention, until you had decided on the proposition which was made to yourself. The report therefore, of its having been so made, could be no other than mere...
9From George Washington to the United States Senate, 9 May 1794 (Washington Papers)
I nominate the following persons for promotions and appointments in the legion of the United States. Cavalry William Winston Major 17 July 1793 vice Rudulph resigned. Tarlton Fleming Captain 1 May vice Bowyer resigned. Solomon Van Rensselaer do 17. July vice Winston promoted. James Taylor do 20. February 1794. vice Lee cashiered. John Webb Lieutenant
10From George Washington to William Pearce, 11 May 1794 (Washington Papers)
The Weekly reports enclosed in your letter of the 6th instant, have been duly received. By the first Vessel bound to Alexandria from hence, I will send Papers for the two lower Rooms in my house in that place; but if it has been newly plastered, as would appear to be the case (in part at least) by Green’s acct it ought not to be put on until it is thoroughly dry; or the Paper will be lost. The...
11From George Washington to the United States Senate, 12 May 1794 (Washington Papers)
I nominate the following persons for appointments upon the staff of the Legion of the United States. 2d Sub Leg. Major John Mills Adjutant and Inspector vice Rudulph resigned Pennsylvania. David Jones Chaplain vice Hurt resigned. Delaware. Thomas Van Dyke Surgeons Mate vice Clayton resigned Georgia. Samuel Hanson Marlowe do vice Boyd deceased Pennsylvania. John Cornman do
12From George Washington to the United States Senate and House of Representatives, 12 May 1794 (Washington Papers)
Gentlemen of the Senate, and of the House of representatives. As the letter, which I forwarded to Congress on the 15th day of April last, from the Minister plenipotentiary of his britannic majesty to the Secretary of State, in answer to a memorial of our minister in London, related to a very interesting subject, I thought it proper not to delay its communication. But since that time the...
13From George Washington to Robert Lewis, 18 May 1794 (Washington Papers)
Your letter of the 7th instt came duly to hand with the Rental enclosed. As there are no houses, or any thing standing on my lots in the Town & Common of Winchester, it is of no great moment what is done with them. I am not disposed to sell them, nor to part with them on lease for a long term; but if you could obtain an annual Rent for either, or both, without running me to any expence, it...
14From George Washington to William Pearce, 18 May 1794 (Washington Papers)
I am sorry to find by your letter of the 11th Instt that the Crops & every thing else were suffering from a drought. yet, by the weekly report which accompanied the letter, it appears that rain had fallen the 6th, only five days before, but I suppose this must have been a slight one. It is not only unlucky, but unaccountable, that the Oats should not have been received with the other things....
15From George Washington to the United States Senate, 19 May 1794 (Washington Papers)
I nominate Nicholas Way, of the State of Delaware, to be Treasurer of the Mint of the United States; vice Tristram Dalton, who has resigned. LB , DLC:GW . Nicholas Way (c.1747-1797) was a physician and member of the American Philosophical Society.
16From George Washington to the United States Senate and House of Representatives, 20 May 1794 (Washington Papers)
Gentlemen of the Senate, and of the House of Representatives. In the communications, which I have made to Congress during the present session, relative to foreign nations, I have omitted no opportunity of testifying my anxiety to preserve the United States in peace. It is peculiarly therefore my duty at this time, to lay before you the present state of certain hostile threats against the...
17From George Washington to William Pearce, 21 May 1794 (Washington Papers)
Agreeably to what I promised in my letter of the 19th, I now write to you further, on the subject of my Flour. Although I think the probability is, that flour will rather rise than fall, yet, as the warm Season is coming on, and I had rather be upon a certainty with respect to the Sale of mine than to hold it up for a higher price, by which I may be disappointed. It is my desire, if what I...
18From George Washington to the United States Senate and House of Representatives, 21 May 1794 (Washington Papers)
Gentlemen of the Senate, and of the House of Representatives. I lay before you, in confidence, sundry papers, by which you will perceive the state of affairs between us and the Six Nations, and the probable cause to which it is owing. And also certain information, whereby it would appear that some encroachment was about to be made on our territory by an officer and party of british troops....
19From George Washington to Alexander Hamilton, 24 May 1794 (Washington Papers)
The Secretary of State informs me, that as the intercourse with Europe will be opened on Monday, it is expedient that an arrangement should be made concerning the million of dollars directed to be borrowed for foreign purposes. I wish therefore to know, whether any steps have been taken upon the subject; and if not, that the loan should be set on foot in order that a proper disposition may be...
20From George Washington to William Pearce, 25 May 1794 (Washington Papers)
I learn with concern from your letter of the 18th instant, that your crops were still labouring under a drought, and most of them very much injured. At disappointments and losses which are the effects of Providential acts, I never repine; because I am sure the alwise disposer of events knows better than we do, what is best for us, or what we deserve. Two or three fine rains have fallen here in...
21From George Washington to James Anderson (of Scotland), 26 May 1794 (Washington Papers)
The letter with which you were pleased to favor me, dated the 15th of August last year, accompanying sevl pamphlets on interesting subjects, came safe; though long after its date, as you will perceive by the enclosed note from a Mr Callender; which serves as a wrapper of six guineas which I send for the vols. of the Bee (15 in number) which have come to my hands. As you have never authorised...
22From George Washington to the Earl of Buchan, 26 May 1794 (Washington Papers)
It is no uncommon thing to attempt, by excuses, to atone for acts of omission; and frequently too, at the expence of as much time as (seasonably employed) would have superceded the occasion of their presentment. Sensible as I am of this—and ashamed as I am of resorting to an apology so common yet I feel, so forcibly, the necessity of making one for suffering your Lordships very polite and...
23From George Washington to Robert Morris, 26 May 1794 (Washington Papers)
As I have other unproductive landed property in the Western Country besides that which you seem disposed to become the purchaser of—and some also in Virginia, which, in my opinion, promises the richest future harvest of anything of the kind I have contemplated. I offer the whole to you upon the terms mentioned in the enclosed paper. Were my prospects different from what they really are, not...
24Enclosure: Memorandum on Land, 25 May 1794 (Washington Papers)
Land belonging to the subscriber—West of the Alligany Mountain—and in the Great dismal Swamp in Virginia—which he would dispose of at the prices thereunto annexed. The above land, in my opinion, is richly worth the sum annexed to each parcel, & I have no doubt of its fetching it, or more, at the present moment, if I was in the habit, or in the way of disposing of land; but as neither of these...
25From George Washington to the United States Senate and House of Representatives, 26 May 1794 (Washington Papers)
Gentlemen of the Senate, and of the House of Representatives. The Commissioners of his Catholic Majesty having communicated to the Secretary of State the form of a Certificate, without which the vessels of the United States cannot be admitted into the ports of Spain; I think it proper to lay it before Congress. LS , DNA : RG 46, Third Congress, 1793-95, Senate Records of Legislative...
26From George Washington to the United States Senate, 27 May 1794 (Washington Papers)
The Executive provisory Council of the French Republic having requested me to recal Gouverneur Morris, our Minister Plenipotentiary in France; I have thought proper, in pursuance of that request, to recal him. I therefore nominate, James Monroe, of Virginia, as Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States to the said Republic. I also nominate William Short, now Minister resident for the...
27From George Washington to the Committee of Public Safety of the French Republic, 28 May 1794 (Washington Papers)
To the Representatives of the French people, members of the Committee of public Safety of the French Republic, the great and good Friend and Ally of the United States. It has appeared expedient to grant to Gouverneur Morris, our Minister plenipotentiary near the french Republic, permission to return to the United States. He is accordingly charged to take his leave of the Committee of public...
28From George Washington to the Committee of Public Safety of the French Republic, 28 May 1794 (Washington Papers)
To the Representatives of the French People, Members of the Committee of Public Safety of the French Republic, the Great and good Friend and Ally of the United States. On the intimation of the wish of the french Republic that a new Minister should be sent from the United States, I resolved to manifest my sense of the readiness, with which my request was fulfilled, by immediately fulfilling the...
29From George Washington to the United States Senate, 28 May 1794 (Washington Papers)
I nominate the following persons to be Consuls and vice Consuls for the United States of America, at the places affixed to their names respectively. James Simpson, to be Consul for the United States of America at the port of Gibraltar; and for such other places as shall be nearer to the said Port, than to the residence of any other Consul or vice-Consul of the United States within the same...
30From George Washington to Charles Carter, Jr., of Culpeper, 29 May 1794 (Washington Papers)
I have duly received your letter of the 14th instant. The enclosed to Mr John Lewis, left open for your perusal, will shew what I require for myself, and am willing to do for others. Do you & he therefore, after full enquiry into facts, point out what this ought to be—and no delay shall be experienced from me. The two hundred pounds for which you endorsed an order upon a Merchant of this...