Diplomacy

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Title Daily Entry
02 April 1792

GW at Philadelphia. Thomas Jefferson returned the letters of James Seagrove, agent to the Creek Indians, to GW and also sent the names of three candidates for the office of Treasurer of the U.S.

01 April 1792

GW at Philadelphia. GW sent Thomas Jefferson a letter from Gouverneur Morris of 27 Dec. 1791. GW also approved Jefferson’s draft of a letter to S.C. Gov.

25 March 1792

GW at Philadelphia. GW wrote Thomas Jefferson about Jefferson’s proposed treaty with Spain concerning the extradition of criminals fleeing justice.

23 March 1792

GW at Philadelphia. GW sent the Five Nations a speech, “to cement the peace between the United States and you,” and a white belt of wampum.

22 March 1792

GW at Philadelphia. John Lamb asked GW’s personal secretary, Tobias Lear, to deliver his letter to Martha Washington, which contained a receipt for two barrels of Newtown Pippin apples.

21 March 1792

GW at Philadelphia. Thomas Jefferson sent GW his letter to the Commissioners for the District of Columbia, which included Samuel Blodget’s proposed loan to finance projects in the federal city.

18 March 1792

GW at Philadelphia.  GW wrote to Samuel Potts regarding the settlement of the estate of Margaret Green Savage, which had plagued him with issues since the 1760’s.

17 March 1792

GW at Philadelphia. GW replied to S.C. Gov. Charles Pinckney. He wrote about relations with Spain, his regret that S.C.

16 March 1792

GW at Philadelphia. At GW’s order, his personal secretary Tobias Lear sent Secretary of War Henry Knox an enclosure from the officers of the district of Ky.

15 March 1792

GW at Philadelphia. Caleb Brewster wrote GW from Fairfield, Conn. detailing his military service and injuries in the Revolutionary War, which resulted in him becoming an invalid.

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