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The Writings of George Washington, Vol. XII (1790-1794) [1891] The Online Library of Liberty A Project Of Liberty Fund, Inc. George Washington, The Writings of George Washington, vol. XII (1790-1794) [1891] The Online Library Of Liberty This E-Book (PDF format) is published by Liberty Fund, Inc., a private, non-profit, educational foundation established in 1960 to encourage study of the ideal of a society of free and responsible individuals. 2010 was the 50th anniversary year of the founding of Liberty Fund. It is part of the Online Library of Liberty web site http://oll.libertyfund.org, which was established in 2004 in order to further the educational goals of Liberty Fund, Inc. To find out more about the author or title, to use the site's powerful search engine, to see other titles in other formats (HTML, facsimile PDF), or to make use of the hundreds of essays, educational aids, and study guides, please visit the OLL web site. This title is also part of the Portable Library of Liberty DVD which contains over 1,000 books and quotes about liberty and power, and is available free of charge upon request. The cuneiform inscription that appears in the logo and serves as a design element in all Liberty Fund books and web sites is the earliest-known written appearance of the word “freedom” (amagi), or “liberty.” It is taken from a clay document written about 2300 B.C. in the Sumerian city-state of Lagash, in present day Iraq. To find out more about Liberty Fund, Inc., or the Online Library of Liberty Project, please contact the Director at [email protected]. LIBERTY FUND, INC. 8335 Allison Pointe Trail, Suite 300 Indianapolis, Indiana 46250-1684 Online Library of Liberty: The Writings of George Washington, vol. XII (1790-1794) Edition Used: The Writings of George Washington, collected and edited by Worthington Chauncey Ford (New York and London: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1890). Vol. XII (1790-1794). Author: George Washington Editor: Worthington Chauncey Ford About This Title: Vol. 12 covers December 1790 to December 1794 and includes letters and papers. PLL v6.0 (generated September, 2011) 2 http://oll.libertyfund.org/title/2416 Online Library of Liberty: The Writings of George Washington, vol. XII (1790-1794) About Liberty Fund: Liberty Fund, Inc. is a private, educational foundation established to encourage the study of the ideal of a society of free and responsible individuals. Copyright Information: The text is in the public domain. Fair Use Statement: This material is put online to further the educational goals of Liberty Fund, Inc. Unless otherwise stated in the Copyright Information section above, this material may be used freely for educational and academic purposes. It may not be used in any way for profit. PLL v6.0 (generated September, 2011) 3 http://oll.libertyfund.org/title/2416 Online Library of Liberty: The Writings of George Washington, vol. XII (1790-1794) Table Of Contents The Writings of George Washington. 1790. Speech to Congress. Fellow-citizens of the Senate and House of Representatives: Gentlemen of the House of Representatives: 1791. To Arthur St. Clair, Governor of the Northwestern Territory. [private.] To Beverley Randolph, Governor of Virginia. To Henry Knox, Secretary of War. To Edward Rutledge. Address of the President of the United States to Cornplanter, Halftown, and Great-tree, Chiefs of the Seneca Nation of Indians. To Timothy Pickering. To William Deakins, Jr. and Benjamin Stoddert. To John Armstrong. To Alexander Hamilton, Secretary of the Treasury. To David Humphreys. To M. Lafayette. 1 To Thomas Jefferson, Secretary of State. To Thomas Jefferson, Secretary of State. To Thomas Jefferson, Secretary of State. To Alexander Hamilton. To the Secretaries of the Departments of State, Treasury, and War. To Thomas Jefferson, Secretary of State. To Messrs. Johnson, Stuart, and Carroll. 1 To James Seagrove. To Charles Cotesworth Pinckney and Edward Rutledge. To Alexander Hamilton, Secretary of the Treasury. [private.] To Catharine Macaulay Graham. To David Humphreys. To Gouverneur Morris. To M. Lafayette. To Thomas Johnson. To M. De La Luzerne. 2 To M. Lafayette. To Gouverneur Morris. To George Clinton, Governor of New York. To Edmund Randolph, Attorney-general. Communication of Sentiments to Benjamin Hawkins. 1 To Robert Lewis. Speech to Both Houses of Congress October 25th, 1791. To Harriot Washington. 2 To David Stuart. To M. Lafayette. PLL v6.0 (generated September, 2011) 4 http://oll.libertyfund.org/title/2416 Online Library of Liberty: The Writings of George Washington, vol. XII (1790-1794) To the Commissioners For the Federal District. 1792. To Gouverneur Morris. 1 [private.] To Charles Pinckney, Governor of South Carolina. [private.] To H. D. Gough. To Reuben Slaughter. To David Stuart. To John Armstrong. [private.] To Charles Pinckney, Governor of South Carolina. [private.] To Major-general Arthur St. Clair. To John Carroll. 2 To the Earl of Buchan. To Thomas Paine. To Charles Carter. To James Madison. To Gouverneur Morris. [private.] To James Anderson. To Henry Lee, Governor of Virginia. [private.] To John Francis Mercer. To Alexander Hamilton, Secretary of the Treasury. [private and Confidential.] To Henry Knox, Secretary of War. To Alexander Hamilton, Secretary of the Treasury. To Henry Knox, Secretary of War. To Henry Knox, Secretary of War. To Henry Knox, Secretary of War. To Thomas Jefferson, Secretary of State. [private.] To Alexander Hamilton, Secretary of the Treasury. [private.] To Edmund Randolph, Attorney-general. [private.] To Alexander Hamilton, Secretary of the Treasury. To Henry Knox, Secretary of War. To Alexander Hamilton, Secretary of the Treasury. To Alexander Hamilton, Secretary of the Treasury. To Henry Knox, Secretary of War. To John Francis Mercer. To Henry Knox, Secretary of War. To Mrs. Betty Lewis. To Thomas Jefferson, Secretary of State. [private.] To Gouverneur Morris. [private.] To David Stuart. Speech to Both Houses of Congress, November 6th, 1792. To Benjamin Stoddert. To the Commissioners of the Federal District. To the Commissioners of the Federal District. [private.] To Robert Lewis. Agricultural Correspondence. Letters to Anthony Whiting, 1792. 1 1793. To Henry Lee, Governor of Virginia. PLL v6.0 (generated September, 2011) 5 http://oll.libertyfund.org/title/2416 Online Library of Liberty: The Writings of George Washington, vol. XII (1790-1794) To Charles Carroll, of Carrollton. To George Augustine Washington. To the Commissioners of the Federal District. [private.] To the Marchioness De Lafayette. To Frances Washington. 2 To Alexander Hamilton and Henry Knox. To David Stuart. To Burwell Bassett. To Thomas Jefferson, Secretary of State. To Frances Washington. To the Secretaries of State, of the Treasury, of War and the Attorney-general of the United States. [circular.] To David Humphreys. To Thomas Jefferson, Secretary of State. To the Secretaries and Attorney-general. [circular.] Proclamation of Neutrality. To the Earl of Buchan. To Alexander Hamilton, Secretary of the Treasury. [private.] To Henry Lee, Governor of Virginia. [private.] To Alexander Hamilton, Secretary of the Treasury. To M. Ternant. To Thomas Jefferson, Secretary of State. To Frances Washington. To Henry Knox, Secretary of War. [private.] To Alexander Hamilton, Secretary of the Treasury. To Thomas Jefferson, Secretary of State. To Thomas Jefferson, Secretary of State. To Burges Ball. To William Tilghman. To Henry Lee, Governor of Virginia. [private.] To the Justices of the Supreme Court. To Thomas Jefferson, Secretary of State. To the Heads of Departments and the Attorney-general. To Thomas Jefferson, Secretary of State. To Thomas Jefferson, Secretary of State. To Hiland Crow. To Burges Ball. To Thomas Jefferson, Secretary of State. 1 To Thomas Jefferson, Secretary of State. To Henry Knox, Secretary of War. [private.] To Thomas Jefferson, Secretary of State. To Edmund Pendleton. To Tobias Lear. To Thomas Jefferson, Secretary of State. To Thomas Jefferson, Secretary of State. To Thomas Sim Lee, Governor of Maryland. To James Madison. To Henry Lee, Governor of Virginia. [private.] PLL v6.0 (generated September, 2011) 6 http://oll.libertyfund.org/title/2416 Online Library of Liberty: The Writings of George Washington, vol. XII (1790-1794) To Edmund Randolph, Attorney-general. To Richard Henry Lee. To Francis Willis. To Thomas Jefferson, Secretary of State. Speech to Both Houses of Congress, December 3d, 1793. Message to Both Houses of Congress; Respecting the French Minister Genet, and the Relations With France, December 5, 1793. To Arthur Young. Message to Both Houses of Congress; Relative to Transactions With Spain, December 16th, 1793. To Edmund Randolph. [private.] To William White. 1 [private.] Letters to Anthony Whiting, 1793. 1 Letters to William Pearce, 2 1793. 1794. To Thomas Jefferson. To John Adams. Message to Both Houses of Congress, 20 January 1794. To Charles Cotesworth Pinckney. [confidential.] To Thomas Johnson. To George Clinton, Governor of New York. [private.] To Alexander Hamilton, Secretary of the Treasury. To James Mchenry. [private.] To James Monroe. 1 To Richard Henry Lee. To Edmund Randolph, Secretary of State. To John Fitzgerald. To John Jay. [secret and Confidential.] To Edmund Randolph, Secretary of State. To Tobias Lear. To Alexander Hamilton, Secretary of the Treasury. [private.] To Robert Lewis. To Alexander Hamilton, Secretary of the Treasury. To Gouverneur Morris. [private] To Edmund Randolph, Secretary of State. [private.] To Alexander Hamilton, Secretary of the Treasury. [private.] To Sir John Sinclair. Proclamation Warning the Insurgents In the Western Parts of Pennsylvania to Desist From Their Opposition to the Laws. To Burges Ball. To Charles M. Thruston. [private.] To Henry Lee, Governor of Virginia. [private.] To John Jay. To David Stuart. To Burges Ball. Proclamation Concerning the Western Insurrection. To Major-general Daniel Morgan. 1 To Edmund Randolph, Secretary of State. 2 [private.] PLL v6.0 (generated September, 2011) 7 http://oll.libertyfund.org/title/2416 Online Library of Liberty: The Writings of George Washington, vol. XII (1790-1794) To Edmund Randolph, Secretary of State. [private.] To Edmund Randolph, Secretary of State.
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