1From George Washington to William Pearce, 1 October 1794 (Washington Papers)
I am thus far (55 miles from Philadelphia) on my way to Carlisle agreably to what I wrote you on sunday last. As I am not much accustomed to the management of Buck Wheat—and think I have heard you declare the Same—the purpose of my writing to you now, is to inform you that this Crop on the whole road I have travelled, is cut down (although I should have thought it much too green) and remains...
2From George Washington to William Pearce, 3 October 1794 (Washington Papers)
If this letter should reach your hands, it will be delivered by Mr Weston, who with his lady may take a ride from Alexandria to Mount Vernon. Should this happen, I request you will make their visit as agreeable as your situation will enable you to do. I am Your friend &ca ALS (photocopy), reproduced in Historical Review of Berks County , vol. III, no. 2 (January 1938). GW probably was...
3To George Washington from William Pearce, 5 Oct. 1794 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from William Pearce, 5 Oct. 1794. On 2 Nov., GW wrote Pearce: “I have received your several letters of the 28th of Septr—and 5th 17th and 23d of last month.”
4From George Washington to William Pearce, 6 October 1794 (Washington Papers)
I wrote you a few lines from Reading the first instant—and the only design of writing to you now is, to inform you that I clearly see that it will not be in my power to visit Mount Vernon before the meeting of Congress, and of course not ’till the Spring. I mention this matter that you may not, whenever the situation of your business will permit you to be absent, delay your journey to the...
5To George Washington from William Pearce, 17 Oct. 1794 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from William Pearce, 17 Oct. 1794. On 2 Nov., GW wrote Pearce: “I have received your several letters of the 28th of Septr—and 5th 17th and 23d of last month.”
6To George Washington from William Pearce, 23 Oct. 1794 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from William Pearce, 23 Oct. 1794. On 2 Nov., GW wrote Pearce: “I have received your several letters of the 28th of Septr—and 5th 17th and 23d of last month.”
7From George Washington to William Pearce, 2 November 1794 (Washington Papers)
I have had neither leizure for, nor opportunity of, writing to you since I did it from Carlisle, ’till my return to this place; which happened on Tuesday last. In the meantime I have received your several letters of the 28th of Septr—and 5th 17th and 23d of last month. As the accident I met with in June last, prevented my riding about my farms when I was last at home, I should have been very...
8To George Washington from William Pearce, 11 November 1794 (Washington Papers)
I Received your letter of the 2nd Int. The Reason you have not had the weekly reports Sent forward as Usial I have been to the Eastern shore of Maryland and was detained at the Ferrey by head winds both going & returning which kept me a way a few days longer than I Expected—I was a way Just two weeks. I am Sorrey it was not In your power to visit Mt vernon this fall and to have seen the...
9From George Washington to William Pearce, 16 November 1794 (Washington Papers)
By the Post of yesterday I received your letter of the 11th instt, with the Reports of the three preceeding weeks; (except those of the Carpenters). I did not write to you last week, not having heard from you by the two Posts before. I am glad to hear that your Potatoes & Corn are likely to turn out well, & that the Wheat now in the ground looks promising. The last Crop of that article...
10To George Washington from William Pearce, 16 Nov. 1794 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from William Pearce, 16 Nov. 1794. On 23 Nov., GW wrote to Pearce: “Your letter of the 16th with the reports—except the Carpenters, which I have been without for several weeks—came to my hands yesterday.”
11From George Washington to William Pearce, 19 November 1794 (Washington Papers)
Enclosed I send you thirteen hundred dollars; out of which I desire you will discharge and take in my bond, with a receipt thereon in full, from Mr Lund Washington. The letter to him is left open for your perusal and government in this business. The accounts therein are, for aught I know to the contrary, correct; but if any errors should be found in them, there can be no objection to the...
12From George Washington to William Pearce, 23 November 1794 (Washington Papers)
Your letter of the 16th with the reports—except the Carpenters, which I have been without for several weeks—came to my hands yesterday. As I expected, so it happened, my letters to Colo. Willm Washington of Westmoreland, did not reach him until a few days ago. As you seem to be of the same opinion wch I entertained at first, namely, that from the easy and simple manners of Donaldson, he wd not...
13From George Washington to William Pearce, 30 November 1794 (Washington Papers)
As the experiment of grinding a hundred bushels of Wheat into flour, is found more profitable than to sell the like quantity in grain; I would have you proceed in the manufactury of what little I have made. and I desire the particulars of the experiment may be sent to me. and the Miller must be careful that he keeps up to it. or I may be deceived thereby. Caution Sally Green against dealing...
14To George Washington from William Pearce, 30 Nov. 1794 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from William Pearce, 30 Nov. 1794. On 7 Dec., GW wrote Pearce: “Your letter of 30th Ulto, with the weekly reports, came safely to hand.”
15From George Washington to William Pearce, 7 December 1794 (Washington Papers)
Your letter of 30th Ulto, with the weekly reports, came safely to hand. By mistake, the sum of £300 was omitted in the charges against my bond, to Mr Lund Washington; as you have discovered in the above letter. By my mode of settling the bonded account, he will be £7.10.8 in my debt—and by the mode he proposes, I shall be £51.12.11. in his debt. Which of these is the mode by which a Court of...
16To George Washington from William Pearce, 7 Dec. 1794 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from William Pearce, 7 Dec. 1794. On 14 Dec., GW wrote Pearce: “Your letter of the 7th instt, enclosing the reports of the preceeding week, came duly to hand.”
17From George Washington to William Pearce, 14 December 1794 (Washington Papers)
Your letter of the 7th instt, enclosing the reports of the preceeding week, came duly to hand. I approve your idea of clearing up the wood between the fence and the road, and letting it lay over to another year; but quere, would it not be better, instead of cleaning the ground thoroughly , and exposing the earth to the rays of the summers sun, to have it well grubbed, & lye with all the brush...
18To George Washington from William Pearce, 14 Dec. 1794 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from William Pearce, 14 Dec. 1794. On 21 Dec., GW wrote Pearce: “Your letter of the 14th instant with the papers & reports, which were enclosed therewith, came safe to hand.”
19From George Washington to William Pearce, 21 December 1794 (Washington Papers)
Your letter of the 14th instant with the papers & reports, which were enclosed therewith, came safe to hand. The whole amount of the Corn Crop I perceive is, 1639 barrels. I perceive also, by the reports of the last week, & I believe it has been as much for several Weeks preceeding, your weekly consumption of this article is 22 barrels to the Stock, & about 14 to the Negros; amounting together...
20To George Washington from William Pearce, 21 Dec. 1794 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from William Pearce, 21 Dec. 1794. On 28 Dec., GW wrote to Pearce: “I have duly received your letter of the 21st instt with its enclosures.”
21From George Washington to William Pearce, 28 December 1794 (Washington Papers)
I have duly received your letter of the 21st instt with its enclosures. Your idea of fencing the ground at the mansion house for Corn, accords exactly with mine (as far as I understand it) except in joining the fence which comes from the first (outer gate) in the hollow to the corner of the clover lot, north of the road, by the deep washed gully. My idea was, to continue that fence on, (making...
22To George Washington from William Pearce, 28 Dec. 1794 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from William Pearce, 28 Dec. 1794. On 4 Jan. 1795 GW wrote Pearce: “I have received your letter of the 28th of last month with its enclosures.”
23From George Washington to William Pearce, 4 January 1795 (Washington Papers)
I have received your letter of the 28th of last month with its enclosures, and am sorry to hear you were unwell, at that time; but hope you have quite recovered. the warmth, and changeability of the weather have been productive of violent colds in this part of the country. Such has been the goodness of the last autumn, & mildness and openess of the winter, hitherto, that I hope all the Oat...
24To George Washington from William Pearce, 4 Jan. 1795 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from William Pearce, 4 Jan. 1795. On 11 Jan., GW wrote Pearce: “Your letter of the 4th instt, with the reports, is received.”
25From George Washington to William Pearce, 11 January 1795 (Washington Papers)
Your letter of the 4th instt, with the reports, is received —but the Miller, I perceive has left off, or rather I believe, has not yet begun to report what wheat is manufactured, & what flour is made. The price of both these articles have fallen in this market as well as in that of Alexandria; but as I see no permanent cause for it, and know that the last years crop of Wheat was very short...
26To George Washington from William Pearce, 11 Jan. 1795 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from William Pearce, 11 Jan. 1795. On 25 Jan., GW wrote Pearce: “I have received your letters of the 11th & 18th instt, with the weekly reports.”
27From George Washington to William Pearce, 18 January 1795 (Washington Papers)
Not having received the usual letter and reports, which always arrive by Saturdays Mail, I have less to communicate in this letter. I forgot in my last letters to remind you of filling the Ice house, whenever you were furnished with the means. The necessity of doing it, has not, I hope escaped you. One caution I wished to have given you in time, before this work was in hand; and that was, to...
28To George Washington from William Pearce, 18 Jan. 1795 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from William Pearce, 18 Jan. 1795. On 25 Jan., GW wrote Pearce: “I have received your letters of the 11th & 18th instt, with the weekly reports.”
29From George Washington to William Pearce, 25 January 1795 (Washington Papers)
Since my last of this day week, I have received your letters of the 11th & 18th instt, with the weekly reports—and an acct of sundry payments and the rects therefor. The latter (that is the vouchers) I did not wish to have had sent—it would have been time enough to exhibit these when I come home, and settled the accts regularly. All I wanted for the present, or rather for the past year—was a...
30To George Washington from William Pearce, 25 Jan. 1795 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from William Pearce, 25 Jan. 1795. On 1 Feb., GW wrote Pearce: “your l⟨e⟩tter of the 25th Ulto … came safe.”
31From George Washington to William Pearce, 1 February 1795 (Washington Papers)
I write to you this week, more for the sake of letting you know that your l⟨e⟩tter of the 25th Ulto with the reports, came safe, than because I have any thing to communicate that is in any degree material. I have no doubt of Ceder making a good hedge—but I have very great ones of your getting them to live, when transplanted; and if they should not, your labour as well as the plants will be...
32To George Washington from William Pearce, c.1 Feb. 1795 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from William Pearce, c.1 Feb. 1795. On 8 Feb., GW wrote Pearce: “Your letter with its enclosures, came to my hands as usual.”
33From George Washington to William Pearce, 8 February 1795 (Washington Papers)
Your letter with its enclosures, came to my hands as usual, by the Mail of yesterday. The general accounts, as I mentioned in a late letter, may remain for settlement, until my arrival at Mount Vernon, up to the close of the last year. I do not, among the things sent to Mount Vernon by Mrs Styles (as in the possession of Austin) see any shirts mentioned. Was it an omission, or were there none...
34To George Washington from William Pearce, c.8 Feb. 1795 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from William Pearce, c.8 Feb. 1795. On 15 Feb., GW wrote Pearce: “Your letter, and the reports of the preceeding Week, came duly to hand.”
35From George Washington to William Pearce, 15 February 1795 (Washington Papers)
Your letter, and the reports of the preceeding Week, came duly to hand. It is my earnest wish to have my land on four mile run resurveyed, and the bounds thereof ascertained, that the pretence of not knowing the lines may—no longer—be an excuse for the tresspasses which are committed thereon, to the great diminution of its value; the wood being the more important, as the land is of a mean...
36To George Washington from William Pearce, 15 February 1795 (Washington Papers)
I Receved your letter of the 8th Int. Mrs Stiles sent 2 shirts among the other things belonging to Austin which was omited In the list of the things sent to you. The weather still keeps Very unfavourable for the wheat and it appears to be hurt more with in the two last weeks than In all the Rest of the winter besides—we have had some small falls of snow but not to lie any Time on the ground—in...
37From George Washington to William Pearce, 22 February 1795 (Washington Papers)
Your letter of the 15th instt and the reports, have come to hand as usual. I was affraid the open weather we have had, with frost, would have injured the wheat. A short crop of this article two years running, wod fall heavy upon me; as it seems to be the only thing, to any sort of amount, from which the means is derived, by which the various, and heavy expences of my estate, is borne. If the...
38To George Washington from William Pearce, 22 February 1795 (Washington Papers)
I Receved your letter of the 15th Inst. Since I wrote to you Respecting Mr Washingtons Intention to Survey his Land that a Joins yous, I have Receved a note from him Informing me that he shall Git an order at March Court for surveying it—and he wishes to Mark and set bounds—I would have attended to this Business before but I never Can find a day to spare from the business here. the oats will...
39From George Washington to William Pearce, 1 March 1795 (Washington Papers)
I have to acknowledge the rect of your letter of the 22d ulto, and shall give you my sentiments upon the several matters required. With respect to the fishery, I am of opinion, that, selling them all to one man, is best: and that if Mr Smith will give five shillings pr thousand for herrings, and twelve shillgs a hundred for the shad, and will oblige himself to take all you have to spare, that...
40To George Washington from William Pearce, 1 March 1795 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from William Pearce, 1 March 1795. On 8 March, GW referred to Pearce’s “letter of the 1st of this instt.”
41From George Washington to William Pearce, 8 March 1795 (Washington Papers)
I am sorry to find by your letter of the 1st of this instt enclosing the weekly reports —that the Wheat on the ground is in so unpromising a way. Another short crop of this article will fall very heavy upon me. How does the Barley look? It was not my intention to use the Rollers until the frosts were over, & the ground was settled. If the absconding of French’s Paul did not proceed from a...
42To George Washington from William Pearce, 8 March 1795 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from William Pearce, 8 March 1795. On 15 March, GW wrote Pearce: “I have received your letter of the 8th instt, with the reports of the preceeding week.”
43From George Washington to William Pearce, 15 March 1795 (Washington Papers)
I have received your letter of the 8th instt, with the reports of the preceeding week. By the Sloop Harmony, Captn Ellwood, who talked of Sailing today, I send you as pr Bill of lading enclosed, a bale of Oznabrings consisting of ten pieces, amounting to 972½ yards. The Box, & band box, therein mentioned, are for Mrs Fanny Washington as marked; and is to remain with Colo. Gilpin ’till she...
44To George Washington from William Pearce, 15 March 1795 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from William Pearce, 15 March 1795. On 22 March, GW wrote Pearce: “your letter of the 15th, and the reports of the preceeding week, have come duly to hand.”
45From George Washington to William Pearce, 17 March 1795 (Washington Papers)
You will receive this letter from the hands of Mr Izard, to whom I request you to pay attention, and make his visit to Mount Vernon as convenient and agreeable to him as may be in your power. I am Your friend &ca ALS (photocopy), DLC:GW , series 9.
46From George Washington to William Pearce, 22 March 1795 (Washington Papers)
Your letter of the 15th, and the reports of the preceeding week, have come duly to hand. I am glad to hear that your new Overseers turn out so well. Of Groves I had not the least knowledge; my fear of Allison was, that he would be too familiar with those he overlooked, and of course would carry no authority. If he avoids this error, and is sober, honest, industrious, and stays at home & with...
47To George Washington from William Pearce, 22 March 1795 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from William Pearce, 22 March 1795. On 29 March, GW wrote Pearce: “I have received your letter of the 22d instt with its enclosures.”
48From George Washington to William Pearce, 29 March 1795 (Washington Papers)
I have received your letter of the 22d instt with its enclosures. Had Mr Pierce Bailey accepted the terms on which I offered him my land on difficult run, without proposing an abatement of interest, after I had declared I never would lower them, the bargain would have been concluded on my part. As he did not, but is still attempting to make other terms, I shall suspend saying any thing further...
49To George Washington from William Pearce, 29 March 1795 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from William Pearce, 29 March 1795. On 5 April, GW wrote Pearce acknowledging “your last report enclosed in your letter of the 29th ulto” ( ViMtvL ).