Washington, George, 1732-1799. The writings of George Washington from the original manuscript sources
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Front Matter

Section *To THE SECRETARY OFSTATE

Section To JOHN ARMSTRONG

Section *To THE SECRETARY OF STATE

Section 3 To GIUSEPPE CERACCHI

Section *To THE SECRETARY OF STATE

Section *To THE SECRETARY OF STATE

Section To WILLIAM MOULTRIE

Section To GOVERNOR CHARLES PINCKNEY

Section To SAMUEL POTTS

Section 8 To REVEREND BRYAN FAIRFAX

Section To THE SENATE AND THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Section *To THE SECRETARY OF STATE

Section To THE SENATE

Section To HANNAH FAIRFAX WASHINGTON 22

Section *To THE SECRETARY OF STATE

Section 12 *To THE SECRETARY OF STATE

Section To GOVERNOR ARTHUR ST. CLAIR

Section *To THE SECRETARY OF STATE

Section *To THE SECRETARY OF STATE

Section *To THE SECRETARY OF STATE

Section To THE SECRETARY OF WAR

Section To GOVERNOR ARTHUR ST. CLAIR

Section To THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Section *To ELIZABETH WASHINGTON LEWIS

Section To DAVID STUART

Section To REVEREND JOHN CARROLL 49

Section 21 To THE SENATE AND THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Section To THE SENATE AND THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Section 22 To JOHN CANNON

Section To ELIZABETH WILLING POWEL

Section *To OTHO HOLLAND WILLIAMS

Section To ELIZABETH WASHINGTON LEWIS

Section *To THE SECRETARY OF STATE

Section *To THE SECRETARY OF WAR

Section To THE EARL OF BUCHAN

Section *WASHINGTON GENEALOGY

Section *To SIR ISAAC HEARD

Section To LOUIS SIGEUR

Section 34 To ANDREW HAMILTON 83

Section To WILLIAM MOULTRIE

Section To JAMES MADISON

Section 36 To ROBERT SINCLAIR 87

Section To THOMAS PAINE

Section To ALEXANDER SPOTSWOOD

Section To THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY

Section 41 To REVEREND WILLIAM SMITH 92

Section To THE SENATE

Section To THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY

Section 43 *To GIUSEPPE CERACCHI

Section To CHARLES CARTER

Section To HANNAH FAIRFAX WASHINGTON

Section *To JAMES MADISON

Section To THE SECRETARY OF STATE

Section To THE SECRETARY OF WAR

Section 51 *To THE SECRETARY OF STATE

Section To GOVERNOR GENERAL BRETAGNE 14

Section To THE COMMISSIONERS OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

Section 53 To MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE

Section To THOMAS BARCLAY

Section 57 *To THE SECRETARY OF STATE

Section *To THE SECRETARY OF STATE

Section *To THE EARL OF BUCHAN

Section To CAPTAIN THOMAS FORREST 28

Section To DOCTOR JAMES ANDERSON

Section *To RICHARD PETERS

Section *To GOUVERNEUR MORRIS

Section *To ARTHUR YOUNG

Section To REVEREND GEORGE SKENE KEITH 41

Section 73 To SIR EDWARD NEWENHAM

Section *To THE SECRETARY OF STATE

Section 75 *To GOVERNOR HENRY LEE

Section 79 To THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY

Section *To JOHN FRANCIS MERCER

Section *To ANTHONY WHITING

Section To JOHN GREENWOOD

Section To WOODBURY LANGDON

Section *To GOVERNOR HENRY LEE

Section *To THE SECRETARY OF STATE

Section *To THE SECRETARY OF STATE

Section To DAVID RITTENHOUSE 65

Section To DAVID STUART

Section *To THE SECRETARY OF STATE

Section To THE SECRETARY OF STATE

Section To GABRIEL P. VAN HORNE

Section *To THE SECRETARY OF STATE

Section *To JOHN LEWIS

Section 89 *To THE SECRETARY OF STATE

Section *To JOHN FRANCIS MERCER

Section *To ROBERT MORRIS

Section *To THE COMMISSIONERS OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

Section *To THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY

Section *To TOBIAS LEAR

Section To THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY

Section *To THE SECRETARY OF WAR

Section To THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY

Section *To THE SECRETARY OF WAR

Section *To RICHARD CHICHESTER

Section *To JAMES McHENRY

Section To WILLIAM DEAKINS, JUNIOR

Section To THE SECRETARY OF STATE

Section 113 *To THE SECRETARY OF WAR

Section *To THE SECRETARY OF WAR

Section *To THE SECRETARY OF WAR

Section 125 To JONATHAN TRUMBULL

Section To THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY

Section *To THE SECRETARY OF WAR

Section *To THE SECRETARY OF STATE

Section *To THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY

Section To THE SECRETARY OF WAR

Section *To THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

Section To THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY

Section To JAMES McHENRY

Section 139 *To THE SECRETARY OF WAR

Section *To THE SECRETARY OF WAR

Section *To THE SECRETARY OF STATE

Section To THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

Section To JAMES SEAGROVE

Section To THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY

Section *To THE SECRETARY OF WAR

Section To JOHN CHURCHMAN

Section *To DAVID STUART

Section *To CLEMENT BIDDLE

Section 149 To THE SECRETARY OF STATE

Section PROCLAMATION

Section *To THE SECRETARY OF WAR

Section *To THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY

Section To THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY

Section To THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY

Section *To GEORGE GALE 62

Section *To TOBIAS LEAR

Section To HUGH WEST

Section 158 To JOHN LEWIS

Section To JAMES McHENRY

Section 159 *To THE SECRETARY OF WAR

Section To THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY

Section *To THE SECRETARY OF WAR

Section To JOHN FRANCIS MERCER

Section 167 *To THE SECRETARY OF WAR

Section To THE GOVERNORS OF PENNSYLVANIA, NORTH CAROLINA, AND SOUTH CAROLINA

Section 170 *To THE COMMISSIONERS OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

Section To THE COMMISSIONERS OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

Section To GOVERNOR HENRY LEE

Section To THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

Section To THE SECRETARY OF WAR

Section *To TOBIAS LEAR

Section To THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY

Section *To JAMES MERCER

Section To ELIZABETH WASHINGTON LEWIS

Section *To ANTHONY WHITING

Section *To THE SECRETARY OF STATE

Section To CAPTAIN JOHN DOWNING 95

Section *To THE SECRETARY OF STATE

Section 188 To DOCTOR WILLIAM DAVIES SHIPLEY 1

Section *To GOUVERNEUR MORRIS

Section To SIR EDWARD NEWENHAM

Section *To SIR JOHN SINCLAIR

Section *To ARTHUR YOUNG

Section *To ANDREW ELLICOTT

Section 193 *To THE INSPECTORS OF TOBACCO AT ALEXANDRIA

Section To DAVID STUART

Section *To ANTHONY WHITING

Section *To JAMES MERCER

Section *To THE SECRETARY OF STATE

Section *To THE SECRETARY OF STATE

Section *To ANTHONY WHITING

Section FOURTH ANNUAL ADDRESS TO CONGRESS

Section 213 *To THE SENATE AND THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Section To THE SENATE AND THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Section To THE SENATE AND THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Section To ANTHONY WHITING

Section 222 *To ANTHONY WHITING

Section *To BENJAMIN STODDERT

Section 225 *To THE SECRETARY OF STATE

Section To THE COMMISSIONERS OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

Section *To ANTHONY WHITING

Section *To THE SECRETARY OF STATE

Section To THE SENATE AND THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Section *OBSERVATIONS ON MAJOR GENERAL ANTHONY WAYNE'S LETTER OF THE 14TH INSTANT 32

Section ON WAYNE'S OF THE 16TH OF NOVEMBER 33

Section 236 To THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

Section To ARTHUR CAMPBELL

Section *To ANTHONY WHITING

Section To CLEMENT BIDDLE 37

Section To THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY

Section *To DAVID STUART

Section *To ANTHONY WHITING

Section *To ARTHUR YOUNG

Section 252 To JOHN HAMILTON MOORE 45

Section To THE SENATE AND THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Section 253 To THE SENATE AND THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Section To FRANCIS DEAKINS AND BENJAMIN W. JONES

Section To CHARLES CARROLL, OF CARROLLTON

Section 255 *To ANTHONY WHITING

Section To JOHN SINGLETON COPLEY

Section PROCLAMATION

Section *To ANTHONY WHITING

Section To ALEXANDER ROBERTSON 57

Section *To THE COMMISSIONERS OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

Section To ROBERT LEWIS

Section *To ROBERT LEWIS

Section *To ANTHONY WHITING

Section 278 To THOMAS NEWTON, JUNIOR

Section *To ANTHONY WHITING

Section *To THE SECRETARY OF STATE

Section *To THE SECRETARY OF STATE

Section 285 *BUILDING INSTRUCTIONS FOR A BARN

Section References 73

Section 289 References—Observations &ca. 74

Section *BUILDING INSTRUCTIONS FOR SHEDS

Section *To THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY

Section To THE SECRETARY OF WAR

Section *To ANTHONY WHITING

Section PASSPORT TO MONSIEUR BLANCHARD 78

Section *To ANTHONY WHITING

Section *To ANTHONY WHITING

Section To URIAH FORREST

Section *To GOVERNOR HENRY LEE

Section *To THE SECRETARY OF STATE

Section To THE SENATE AND THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Section To CHARLES CARROLL, OF CARROLLTON

Section 314 To THE SENATE AND THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Section To THE MEMBERS OF THE NEW CHURCH IN BALTIMORE

Section *To GEORGE AUGUSTINE WASHINGTON

Section *To ANTHONY WHITING

Section *To WILLIAM WASHINGTON

Section To REVEREND THORNTON FLEMING, VALENTINE COOKE, AND WILLIAM McLENAHAN

Section To NICHOLAS VAN STAPHORST

Section *To MARQUISE DE LAFAYETTE

Section 323 To NICHOLAS VAN STAPHORST

Section To THE COMMISSIONERS OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

Section To THE COMMISSIONERS OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

Section To THOMAS JOHNSON

Section *To DAVID STUART

Section *To ANTHONY WHITING

Section *To THE SECRETARY OF STATE

Section To ROBERT TOWNSEND HOOE

Section TO JAMES KEITH

Section To THOMAS PARKER

Section To BUSHROD WASHINGTON

Section To THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY

Section 337 To ROBERT R. LIVINGSTON

Section To GOVERNOR WILLIAM MOULTRIE

Section *To ANTHONY WHITING

Section To THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

Section *To THE SECRETARY OF STATE

Section 343 *To THE SECRETARY OF STATE

Section To THE SENATE

Section To REVEREND WILLIAM McWHIR

Section *To ANTHONY WHITING

Section To THE SECRETARIES OF STATE, AND TREASURY, AND THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

Section To WILLIAM AUGUSTINE WASHINGTON 25

Section *MEMORANDUM FOR GOVERNOR HENRY LEE

Section To THE SENATE AND THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Section *To THE SECRETARY OF WAR

Section To THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Section To GOVERNOR WILLIAM PATERSON

Section To WILLIAM DEAKINS, JUNIOR

Section *To FRANCES BASSETT WASHINGTON 34

Section *To THE SECRETARY OF STATE

Section To THE SECRETARIES OF STATE, TREASURY, WAR, AND THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

Section *To ANTHONY WHITING

Section 360 *To THE SECRETARY OF STATE

Section 361 To THE SECRETARIES OF THE TREASURY, AND WAR

Section 362 To THE SENATE

Section To THE SECRETARY OF WAR

Section 363 CIRCULAR TO THE UNITED STATES SENATORS

Section To THE COMMISSIONERS OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

Section *To ANTHONY WHITING

Section *To DAVID STUART

Section *To WILLIAM AUGUSTINE WASHINGTON

Section To THE COMMISSIONERS OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

Section *To BURWELL BASSETT

Section To DAVID STUART

Section SECOND INAUGURAL ADDRESS

Section To REVEREND BRYAN FAIRFAX

Section *To ROBERT LEWIS

Section To THOMAS LOWREY AND ABRAHAM HUNT

Section To THE SECRETARY OF STATE

Section *To THE SECRETARY OF STATE

Section To THE SECRETARY OF STATE

Section To THE SECRETARY OF STATE

Section 381 *To ANTHONY WHITING

Section To THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

Section To ROBERT POLLARD

Section 383 *To FRANCES BASSETT WASHINGTON

Section To ALBERT GALLATIN

Section To ABRAHAM HUNT

Section *To THE SECRETARY OF STATE

Section To WILLIAM RAWLE 69

Section To BRIGADIER GENERAL JAMES WILKINSON 71

Section To GOVERNOR WILLIAM MOULTRIE

Section *To SIR JOHN SINCLAIR

Section To MARQUISE DE LAFAYETTE

Section To JAMES KEITH

Section 392 *To FRANCES BASSETT WASHINGTON

Section To THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY

Section 395 To THE SECRETARY OF STATE

Section To ARTHUR YOUNG

Section To THE SECRETARIES OF STATE, TREASURY, WAR, AND THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

Section To THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

Section 398 To DAVID HUMPHREYS 87

Section *To ANTHONY WHITING

Section To GOUVERNEUR MORRIS

Section 404 To THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

Section *To THE COMMISSIONERS OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

Section *To THE SECRETARY OF STATE

Section To THE SECRETARY OF WAR

Section *To TOBIAS LEAR

Section *To SAMUEL HANSON 98

Section To JAMES KEITH

Section *To TOBIAS LEAR

Section *To REVEREND BRYAN FAIRFAX

Section *To DOCTOR JAMES CRAIK

Section To DAVID STUART

Section 415 To JOHN FITZGERALD

Section To THE SECRETARY OF STATE

Section To THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY

Section 417 *To THE SECRETARY OF WAR

Section To CHARLES LEE

Section To JAMES KEITH

Section *QUESTIONS SUBMITTED TO THE CABINET BY THE PRESIDENT 13

Section 421 *To THE HEADS OF DEPARTMENTS, AND THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

Section 422 To JOHN CANNON

Section *To ANTHONY WHITING

Section *To THE EARL OF BUCHAN

Section PROCLAMATION OF NEUTRALITY

Section To DOCTOR JAMES ANDERSON

Section To GOVERNOR THOMAS MIFFLIN

Section To WILLIAM WASHINGTON

Section 434 *TO ANTHONY WHITING

Section *To JOHN FITZGERALD

Section To ROBERT LEWIS

Section To JOHN JOSEPH DE BARTH

Section To JOHN JOSEPH DE BARTH

Section *To SAMUEL POWEL

Section *To ANTHONY WHITING

Section *To THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY

Section *To GOVERNOR HENRY LEE

Section To ROBERT TOWNSEND HOOE

Section *To THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY

Section 452 To JAMES KEITH

Section 454 To WILLIAM HERBERT

Section THE SEPARATE ANSWER OF GEORGE WASHINGTON, ONE OF THE DEFENDANTS TO THE BILL OF COMPLAINT, EXHIBITED AGAINST HIM AND OTHERS BY GEORGE WM. WEST, COMPLAINANT

Section To THOMAS LOWREY

Section *To ANTHONY WHITING

Section *To THE SECRETARY OF STATE

Section To RICHARD PETERS

Section To THE MERCHANTS AND TRADERS OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA

Section To ROBERT TOWNSEND HOOE

Section *TO ANTHONY WHITING

Section 468 To THE PROVISORY EXECUTIVE COUNCIL OF FRANCE

Section EXECUTIVE ORDER

Section *To ANTHONY WHITING

Section 477 To THE MERCHANTS AND TRADERS OF BALTIMORE

Section To ROBERT TOWNSEND HOOE

Section *To THE SECRETARY OF STATE

Section *To ANTHONY WHITING

Section To THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY

Section To JOHN FITZGERALD

Section To WARNER WASHINGTON, JUNIOR

Section *To THE SECRETARY OF STATE

Section To WARNER WASHINGTON 55

Section *To THE SECRETARY OF STATE

Section To THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY

Section To THE FREEHOLDERS AND OTHER INHABITANTS OF SALEM, IN MASSACHUSETTS

Section 490 To THE MECHANICAL SOCIETY OF BALTIMORE

Section *To WILLIAM THORNTON

Section *To ANTHONY WHITING

Section To FRANCES BASSETT WASHINGTON

Section To THOMAS JANNEY

Section To GOUVERNEUR MORRIS

Section *To THE SECRETARIES OF STATE, TREASURY, AND WAR

Section *To THE COMMISSIONERS OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

Section 501 To THE MARQUISE DE LAFAYETTE

Section To GOUVERNEUR MORRIS

Section *To THE SECRETARY OF WAR

Section *To THE SECRETARY OF STATE

Section *To WILLIAM FRISBIE FITZHUGH 74

Section To MILES MIRWIN

Section 505 RATIFICATION

Section To THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY

Section To THE SECRETARY OF STATE

Section 508 To THE COMMISSIONERS FOR SETTLING ACCOUNTS BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND INDIVIDUAL STATES

Section *To TOBIAS LEAR

Section To THE COMMISSIONERS FOR SETTLING ACCOUNTS BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND INDIVIDUAL STATES

Section *To THE SECRETARY OF WAR

Section To THE SECRETARY OF STATE

Section To THE SECRETARY OF STATE