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| 09 March 1791 |
GW at Philadelphia. Scientist John Macpherson wrote soliciting GW’s thoughts on a plan he had created for the federal city. If GW liked it, he said he would find someone with two arms to redraw it--Macpherson had lost an arm during the French and Indian War. |
Diplomacy, Indians |
| 08 March 1791 |
GW at Philadelphia. S.C. Gov. Charles Pinckney wrote GW urging him to say when he would be visiting Charleston during his tour of the southern states. He also requested that John Rutledge’s resigned position of Associate Justice of the Supreme Court be given to somebody from S.C. |
Diplomacy, Politics and Political Thought |
| 07 March 1791 |
GW at Philadelphia. Lafayette wrote to GW, describing his difficult position of being attacked by all sides in the French Revolution. He also assured GW of his efforts to battle a French duty placed on American tobacco and whale oil. |
Diplomacy, Mount Vernon, Politics and Political Thought |
| 06 March 1791 |
GW at Philadelphia. GW wrote Thomas Jefferson, thanking him for passing requested letters to Attorney General Edmund Randolph.
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| 05 March 1791 |
GW at Philadelphia. Through his secretary, GW sent Georgetown, Md. merchant William Deakins Jr., who was involved with creating the new federal city, an enclosed advertisement to have printed in the papers for six weeks. This enclosure has since been lost. |
Books/Library, Business Enterprises/Personal Finances, Education/Educational Interest, Land Interests, Politics and Political Thought |
| 04 March 1791 |
GW at Philadelphia. In a special session of the Senate, GW appointed several people to positions in the government of Vt., which became a state on this day. In a second letter to the Senate, GW appointed several military officers. |
Politics and Political Thought |
| 03 March 1791 |
GW at Philadelphia. GW wrote the Senate, nominating over 50 officers to vacant military positions created by recent legislation. |
Politics and Political Thought, Women |
| 02 March 1791 |
GW at Philadelphia. GW wrote to Georgetown, Md. merchants William Deakins, Jr. and Benjamin Stoddert, informing them that architect Maj. Pierre L’Enfant would be surveying the lands chosen for the new federal city. |
Diplomacy, Land Interests, Politics and Political Thought |
| 01 March 1791 |
GW at Philadelphia. GW wrote to John Adams requesting his attendance at a Senate Convention he had called for Friday, 4 March. GW also wrote to Attorney General Edmund Randolph asking his opinion on Samuel Dodge’s petition. |
Books/Library, Politics and Political Thought, U.S. Constitution, Women |
| 28 February 1791 |
GW at Philadelphia. GW wrote to Georgetown, Md. merchants William Deakins, Jr. and Benjamin Stoddert ordering them to cease negotiations with David Burn for buying his land in the newly defined federal district. |
Books/Library, Indians, Land Interests |
| 27 February 1791 |
GW at Philadelphia. Daniel St. Clair wrote to GW asking for an appointment related to the recent passage of the Excise Bill, but would not receive a position. |
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| 26 February 1791 |
GW at Philadelphia. GW wrote to Samuel Magaw, rector of St. Paul’s church in Philadelphia, stating that he would attend an upcoming eulogium held by the American Philosophical Society in honor of the late Benjamin Franklin. |
American Independence, Friends |
| 25 February 1791 |
GW at Philadelphia. |
Books/Library, Indians, Politics and Political Thought |
| 24 February 1791 |
GW at Philadelphia. N.H. Gov. Josiah Bartlett wrote to GW presenting an act by the state of N.H. that ceded land to the United States for use as a fort and a lighthouse. |
Land Interests, Politics and Political Thought |
| 23 February 1791 |
GW at Philadelphia. |
Politics and Political Thought, Slaves and Slavery, U.S. Constitution |
| 22 February 1791 |
GW at Philadelphia. This day marked GW’s 59th birthday. A writer identified as N.G. sent the pamphlet A Scriptural Comment on the Athanasian Creed as a birthday gift, which GW later placed in his library. |
Books/Library, Diplomacy, Indians, Politics and Political Thought |
| 21 February 1791 |
GW at Philadelphia. GW wrote to County lieutenant George Clendinen, asking his assistance in disposing his holdings along the Kanawha River. GW wrote to Queen Maria I of Portugal informing her that David Humphreys would serve as ambassador to her country. |
Business Enterprises/Personal Finances, Diplomacy, Land Interests, Politics and Political Thought |
| 20 February 1791 |
GW at Philadelphia. Va. lawyer Oliver Towles wrote GW announcing his intention to seek compensation for expenses incurred during his military service in the Revolutionary War. |
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| 19 February 1791 |
GW at Philadelphia. Thomas Jefferson wrote to GW recommending that he appoint officers for the state of Vermont on 4 March, the first day of Vermont’s admittance to the Union. |
Politics and Political Thought |
| 18 February 1791 |
GW at Philadelphia. In a letter to the Senate, GW described diplomat David Humphreys’ report on Spanish politics and nominated him as Minister Resident of the United States to the Queen of Portugal. GW also forwarded Arthur St. |
Diplomacy, Indians, Politics and Political Thought |
| 17 February 1791 |
GW at Philadelphia. GW wrote to Georgetown merchants and landowners William Deakins, Jr. and Benjamin Stoddert, permitting them to seize lands from residents, and compensate them when possible, in the area meant for the future capital of the United States. |
Indians, Land Interests, Livestock, Politics and Political Thought |
| 16 February 1791 |
GW at Philadelphia. GW paid his dentist John Greenwood twenty dollars for the repair of his false teeth. GW also wrote a letter to Alexander Hamilton soliciting his opinion on the constitutionality of the projected establishment of a Bank of the United States. |
Diplomacy, Health and Medicine, Politics and Political Thought |
| 15 February 1791 |
GW at Philadelphia. Thomas Jefferson wrote GW a letter detailing how the establishment of a Bank of the United States would be unconstitutional. He explained how the existence of such a bank would be merely convenient, not necessary. |
Politics and Political Thought, U.S. Constitution |
| 14 February 1791 |
GW at Philadelphia. Thomas Jefferson and U.S. Attorney General Edmund Randolph together wrote GW a letter saying that the United States should charge James O’Fallon with treason. |
Diplomacy, Politics and Political Thought |
| 13 February 1791 |
GW at Philadelphia. Baltimore judge George Salmon wrote GW asking for an appointment as an excise officer for the city of Baltimore. Despite having been recommended by GW’s former aide James McHenry, Salmon would not receive an appointment. |