1To George Washington from Lewis Nicolas, 10 May 1794 (Washington Papers)
Informed by Genl Knox that your Excellency has been so kind as to remember my son James, in a nomination of officers, gratitude requires acknowledgement on my part, which I request you will accept in this manner, as the only reason which prevents my personally paying me respe[c]ts is an apprehension is, that, in the multiplicity of your avocations, I might intrude at an unseasonable time, I...
2To George Washington from Lewis Nicolas, 23 September 1794 (Washington Papers)
Casually going into a painter’s shop yesterday I there saw some Tent Poles which I was told were for your Excels. use, I did not particularly examine them, but they appeared to me to be in the usual mode, in which the Standards in the middle have always been complained of as great inconveniences, tho without seeking any remedy, that I know of, on account of its occasioning an augmentation of...