Diplomacy
Title | Daily Entry |
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27 January 1791 |
GW at Philadelphia. GW replied to the President of the National Assembly of France, thanking him for France’s regard for the recently deceased Benjamin Franklin. |
26 January 1791 |
GW at Philadelphia. GW presented to Congress a copy of a letter from the President of the National Assembly of France, which mourned the passing of Benjamin Franklin. |
25 January 1791 |
GW presumably traveling from Georgetown to Philadelphia. Lafayette wrote a letter to GW detailing a squabble his troops had with a mob near Paris. |
24 January 1791 |
GW at Georgetown. GW submitted Knox’s 22 Jan. report on frontier skirmishes with Indians to Congress for discussion. |
19 January 1791 |
GW at Philadelphia. |
18 January 1791 |
GW at Philadelphia. |
13 January 1791 |
GW at Philadelphia. GW wrote a letter to Va. Gov. Beverley Randolph declining any agency in a woolen manufactory in Va. because it was a felony to export the machines from Great Britain. |
10 January 1791 |
GW at Philadelphia. GW gave the elderly Mrs. Elizabeth Haynie nine pounds to alleviate her desperate financial situation. Former French tutor John I. |
09 January 1791 |
GW at Philadelphia. Hyacinth de Chappedelaine, a French nobleman and military officer, wrote a letter to GW wishing to continue their good relationship. |
03 January 1791 |
GW at Philadelphia. GW wrote to the Senate nominating Abraham Ogden as Attorney for the United States in the District of N.J., which was confirmed the next day. |