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| No. | Author | Recipient | Title | Date | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Washington, George | Biddle, Clement | From George Washington to Clement Biddle, 21 April 1799 | 1799-04-21 | Your letters of the 21st of March and 11th instant are both before me. By the first, it appears... |
| 2 | Washington, George | Thornton, William | From George Washington to William Thornton, 21 April … | 1799-04-21 | Your favor of the 19th is before me, and for the details it contains respecting my buildings in... |
| 3 | Washington, George | Simms, Jesse | From George Washington to Jesse Simms, 22 April 1799 | 1799-04-22 | Until I see General Lee (which according to his promise may be expected early in next month), I... |
| 4 | Washington, George | McHenry, James | From George Washington to James McHenry, 23 April 1799 | 1799-04-23 | Private My dear Sir, Mount Vernon 23d April 1799 Six days do I labour, or, in other words, take... |
| 5 | Washington, George | West, Roger | From George Washington to Roger West, 23 April 1799 | 1799-04-23 | I will answer the queries contained in your letter of this date, to the best of my recollection.... |
| 6 | Washington, George | Chichester, Doddridge Pitt | From George Washington to Doddridge Pitt Chichester and … | 1799-04-25 | I shall be obliged to you, or either of you, who may be in the practice of hunting, or driving... |
| 7 | Washington, George | Lee, Ludwell | From George Washington to Ludwell Lee, 26 April 1799 | 1799-04-26 | Your occupation on Wednesday last, put it out of my power to speak to you without giving... |
| 8 | Washington, George | Biddle, Clement | From George Washington to Clement Biddle, 28 April 1799 | 1799-04-28 | Since my last I have receiv’d the Seeds which you sent me by Captn Hand—after several fruitless... |
| 9 | Washington, George | McHenry, James | From George Washington to James McHenry, 5 May 1799 | 1799-05-05 | Private My dear Sir, Mount Vernon 5th May 1799 Your private letter of the 29th Ulto was received... |
| 10 | Washington, George | Marshall, John | From George Washington to John Marshall, 5 May 1799 | 1799-05-05 | With infinite pleasure I receiv’d the news of your Election. For the honor of the District, I... |
| 11 | Washington, George | Peter, Thomas | From George Washington to Thomas Peter, 5 May 1799 | 1799-05-05 | I have had the enclosed Tobacco note by me sometime. Too long perhaps for the best Market. If Mr... |
| 12 | Washington, George | Tayloe, John | From George Washington to John Tayloe, 5 May 1799 | 1799-05-05 | I received, yesterday, your favour of the 29th Ult.; and by tomorrow’s Post for Baltimore, the... |
| 13 | Washington, George | Washington, Bushrod | From George Washington to Bushrod Washington, 5 May … | 1799-05-05 | Your letter of the 26th Ulto—as also that of the 10th, have been duly received. The Elections of... |
| 14 | Washington, George | Booker, William | From George Washington to William Booker, 6 May 1799 … | 1799-05-06 | Letter not found: to William Booker, 6 May 1799. On 15 May Booker wrote GW : “Your letter of the... |
| 15 | Washington, George | McHenry, James | From George Washington to James McHenry, 6 May 1799 | 1799-05-06 | It is a point from which I have not deviated, to forward all recommendations, & applications,... |
| 16 | Washington, George | Morgan, Daniel | From George Washington to Daniel Morgan, 10 May 1799 | 1799-05-10 | I have just received a letter from the Secretary of War, in which, after giving it as the opinion... |
| 17 | Washington, George | McAlpin, James | From George Washington to James McAlpin, 12 May 1799 | 1799-05-12 | Having heard nothing from you since my last request (now more than two Months ago) that you would... |
| 18 | Washington, George | Marshall, John | From George Washington to John Marshall, Edward … | 1799-05-12 | Although the letter, of which the enclosed is a copy, is of old date, it has but just been... |
| 19 | Washington, George | McHenry, James | From George Washington to James McHenry, 13 May 1799 | 1799-05-13 | Your favour of the 2d Instt, covering your dispatches of the 10th Ultimo, was brought to me by... |
| 20 | Washington, George | Harrison, William B. | From George Washington to William B. Harrison, 16 May … | 1799-05-16 | I have given the proposition you have made me, respecting your part of Chapel land, all the... |
| 21 | Washington, George | Washington, William Augustine | From George Washington to William Augustine Washington … | 1799-05-20 | Your letter of the 2d instant by Captn Bowcock came safe, as the Corn did, in good order; and I... |
| 22 | Washington, George | Lincoln, Benjamin | From George Washington to Benjamin Lincoln, 22 May 1799 … | 1799-05-22 | Letter not found: to Benjamin Lincoln, 22 May 1799. American Book-Prices Current (1964), 70:884,... |
| 23 | Washington, George | Mason, Thomson | From George Washington to Thomson Mason, 24 May 1799 | 1799-05-24 | I mean to renew the outer fence, on the line between you and me, & in a manner more substantial... |
| 24 | Washington, George | Washington, William Augustine | From George Washington to William Augustine Washington … | 1799-05-24 | The enclosed was written (as you will perceive by the Superscription) to go by General Lee; who,... |
| 25 | Washington, George | Allen, Wilson | From George Washington to Wilson Allen, 26 May 1799 … | 1799-05-26 | Letter not found: to Wilson Allen, 26 May. On 29 May Allen wrote GW that he had received “Your... |
| 26 | Washington, George | Morse, Jedidiah | From George Washington to Jedidiah Morse, 26 May 1799 | 1799-05-26 | I thank you for your Sermon “Exhibiting the present dangers, and consequent duties of the... |
| 27 | Washington, George | Russell, William | From George Washington to William Russell, 26 May 1799 | 1799-05-26 | Your favor of the 11th instant from New York, has been received; and the articles therein alluded... |
| 28 | Washington, George | Welch, James | From George Washington to James Welch, 26 May 1799 | 1799-05-26 | I was not disappointed in the contents of your letter of the 16th instant, because I had formed... |
| 29 | Washington, George | White, William | From George Washington to William White, 30 May 1799 | 1799-05-30 | The Sermon on the duty of Civil obedience as required in Scripture, which you had the goodness to... |
| 30 | Washington, George | Washington’s Slave List, June 1799 | ≈1799-06-01 | The list of Mount Vernon slaves which GW drew up, probably some time in June 1799, included those... |