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Front Page  Titles (by Subject) TO TIMOTHY PICKERING, SECRETARY OF STATE. - The Writings of George Washington, vol. XIII (1794-1798)
TO TIMOTHY PICKERING, SECRETARY OF STATE. - George Washington, The Writings of George Washington, vol. XIII (1794-1798) [1892]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. XIII (1794-1798).
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- The Writings of George Washington.
- 1794.
- To Tobias Lear.
- To Henry Knox, Secretary of War.
- Letters to William Pearce, 1794. 1
- 1795.
- To Daniel Carroll.
- To Tobias Lear.
- To Eleanor Parke Custis.
- To Edmund Pendleton.
- To the Commissioners of the Federal District.
- To Alexander Hamilton.
- To Robert Lewis.
- To Joseph Ceracchi. 1
- To Charles Carter.
- To Thomas Jefferson.
- To Robert Brooke, Governor of Virginia.
- To Major-general Daniel Morgan.
- To Alexander White. [private.]
- To Secretaries of State, Treasury, and War, and the Attorney-general. 1
- To Alexander Hamilton. [private and Perfectly Confidential.]
- To Alexander Hamilton. [private.]
- To Alexander Hamilton.
- To Edmund Randolph, Secretary of State.
- To Edmund Randolph, Secretary of State.
- To Timothy Pickering, Secretary of War.
- To Ezekiel Price, Thomas Walley, William Boardman, Ebenezer Seaver, Thomas Crafts, Thomas Edwards, William Little, William Scollay, and Jesse Putnam, Selectmen of the Town of Boston.
- To Alexander Hamilton. [private.]
- To Edmund Randolph, Secretary of State. [private.]
- To Edmund Randolph, Secretary of State. [private.]
- To Edmund Randolph, Secretary of State.
- To Oliver Wolcott, Secretary of the Treasury.
- To Edmund Randolph.
- To John Adams, Vice-president of the United States.
- To Robert R. Livingston.
- To James Ross.
- To Charles Cotesworth Pinckney. 1
- To Alexander Hamilton. [private.]
- To John Jay. [private.]
- To George Cabot. [private and Confidential.]
- To Timothy Pickering, Secretary of War. [private.]
- To Henry Knox.
- To Timothy Pickering, Secretary of War. [private.]
- To Edmund Randolph.
- To Oliver Wolcott, Secretary of the Treasury. [private.]
- To Thomas Jefferson.
- To Edward Carrington. [private and Confidential.]
- To Patrick Henry.
- To Timothy Pickering, Secretary of War.
- To Edmund Randolph.
- To Edmund Randolph. 1
- To Alexander Hamilton. [private and Confidential.]
- To Alexander Hamilton.
- To John H. Stone, Governor of Maryland.
- Speech to Both Houses of Congress, December 8th, 1795. 1
- To Alexander Hamilton.
- To Gouverneur Morris.
- Letters to William Pearce, 1795. 1
- 1796.
- To James Mchenry. [private.]
- To Bushrod Washington.
- To Dr. James Anderson.
- To Thomas Pinckney.
- To Gouverneur Morris.
- To Timothy Pickering, Secretary of State.
- To the Secretaries of State, the Treasury, War, and the Attorney General.
- Message to the House of Pepresentatives.
- To Alexander Hamilton. [private.]
- To Henry Knox.
- To George Lewis.
- To Edward Carrington. [private.]
- To John Jay, Governor of New York.
- To Alexander Hamilton.
- To Thomas Pinckney. [private.]
- To Cyrus Griffin.
- To Timothy Pickering, Secretary of State.
- To David Humphreys.
- To Timothy Pickering, Secretary of State.
- To Alexander Hamilton.
- To James Mchenry, Secretary of War.
- To Timothy Pickering, Secretary of State.
- To Gustavus Scott.
- To Thomas Jefferson.
- To Charles Lee, Attorney-general.
- To Timothy Pickering, Secretary of State.
- To Charles Cotesworth Pinckney. [private and Confidential.]
- To James Mchenry, Secretary of War. [private.]
- To Timothy Pickering, Secretary of State. [private and Confidential.]
- To Timothy Pickering, Secretary of State. [private.]
- To James Mchenry, Secretary of War.
- To Timothy Pickering, Secretary of State. [private.]
- To Timothy Pickering, Secretary of State.
- To Timothy Pickering, Secretary of State. [private.]
- To the Duke De Liancourt.
- To Timothy Pickering, Secretary of State. [private.]
- To James Anderson.
- To James Monroe.
- To Alexander Hamilton. [private.]
- To Alexander Hamilton. [private.]
- To John Quincy Adams.
- To Charles Cotesworth Pinckney. [private.]
- Farewell Address. 1
- To Alexander Hamilton. [private]
- To Alexander Hamilton.
- To Alexander Hamilton.
- To Charles Lee, Attorney-general. [private.]
- To George Washington Parke Custis. 1
- To Alexander Hamilton.
- To George Washington Parke Custis.
- To the Commissioners of the City of Washington.
- Speech to Both Houses of Congress, December 7th, 1796.
- To George Washington Parke Custis.
- To John H. Stone, Governor of Maryland.
- 1797.
- To Timothy Pickering, Secretary of State. [private.]
- To David Stuart.
- To Timothy Pickering, Secretary of State. [private.]
- To George Washington Parke Custis.
- To Benjamin Walker.
- Message to Both Houses of Congress; On the Injury Sustained By American Commerce From French Cruisers.
- To Alexander Hamilton.
- To the Commissioners of the City of Washington.
- To Henry Knox.
- To Jonathan Trumbull.
- To Timothy Pickering, Secretary of State.
- To James Mchenry, Secretary of War. [private.]
- To Oliver Wolcott, Secretary of the Treasury.
- To William Heath.
- To Rev. Samuel Stanhope Smith.
- To Thomas Pinckney.
- To James Mchenry, Secretary of War.
- To Oliver Wolcott, Secretary of the Treasury.
- To George Washington Parke Custis.
- To David Humphreys.
- To James Mchenry, Secretary of War.
- To Samuel Washington.
- To William Strickland.
- To Timothy Pickering, Secretary of State.
- To James Mchenry, Secretary of War.
- To Timothy Pickering, Secretary of State.
- To George Washington Parke Custis.
- To General Lafayette.
- To Bushrod Washington.
- To William Gordon.
- To John Langhorne.
- To Bushrod Washington.
- To John Marshall.
- 1798.
- To George Washington Parke Custis.
- To James Mchenry. [private.]
- To Timothy Pickering, Secretary of State.
- To William Augustine Washington.
- To Alexander White.
- To Bushrod Washington.
- To John Nicholas.
- Remarks On Monroe’s “view of the Conduct of the Executive of the United States.” 1
- To Alexander White.
- To James Mchenry, Secretary of War.
- To Ferdinand Ferot.
- To Timothy Pickering.
- To George Washington Parke Custis. 1
- To Mrs. Sarah Fairfax. 1
- Mrs. Washington to Mrs. Sarah Fairfax.
TO TIMOTHY PICKERING, SECRETARY OF STATE.
Mount Vernon, 8 July, 1796. Sir,
My letters to the Secretary of the Treasury, of the 4th and 6th instant, with the present enclosure, convey fully the sentiments of the Attorney-General with respect to the best mode of executing the act “for the relief and protection of American seamen.” He has, since his opinion was transmitted in the above letter of the 6th, consulted two of our most eminent lawyers in these parts, and finds an entire accordance of opinion. I request, therefore, that the measure recommended may be pursued.
Your letters of the 1st and 2d instant, with several enclosures in the latter, came safe and duly to hand. After that serious consideration, which the subject deserves, I have determined to recall the American minister at Paris, and am taking measures to supply his place; but, the more the latter is revolved, the greater the difficulties appear to do it ably and unexceptionably. By this I mean the selecting of one, who will promote, not thwart, the neutral policy of the government, and at the same time will not be obnoxious to the people among whom he is sent.
Proofs little short of positive are already in my possession, that neither Mr. Henry nor Mr. Marshall would accept of such an appointment. The chances against General Pinckney’s doing it are strong, though not quite so great; and, with respect to Mr. Smith, although it would be a very agreeable choice to me, I am sure it would not concenter those opinions, which policy would require. Mr. Carroll of Carrollton, though sensible and attached to federal measures, would find himself on quite new ground, and, besides, he has such large concerns of his own to attend to, and is so tenacious of them, that it is morally certain he would not be prevailed on to go.
Having taken this view of the subject, I am by this day’s post writing to General Pinckney. This letter I shall enclose to Mr. Marshall (as he is in the line, Mr. Henry being much out of it), to be forwarded, or returned, as he shall decide with respect to himself. In the mean time, as the offer ends with General Pinckney, other characters should be held in contemplation in case of his refusal.
The letter to the minister plenipotentiary of France in Philadelphia appears to be well conceived, and is accordingly approved. The transmitted copy of Mr. Monroe’s letter to — must be erroneously dated “Paris, June 24, 1796,” I presume it is in the year, and should be 1795. I am, &c.
“I will not attempt to express those sensations, which your letter of the 8th instant has increased. Was it possible for me in the present crisis of my affairs to leave the United States, such is my conviction of the importance of that duty, which you would confide to me, and (pardon me if I add) of the fidelity with which I should attempt to perform it, that I would certainly forego any consideration not decisive with respect to future fortunes, and would surmount that just diffidence I have ever entertained of myself, to make an effort to convey truly and faithfully to the government of France those sentiments, which I have ever believed to be entertained by that of the United States.
“I have forwarded your letter to Mr. Pinckney. The recall of our minister at Paris has been conjectured, while its probable necessity has been regretted by those, who love more than all others our own country. I will certainly do myself the honor of waiting on you at Mount Vernon. With every sentiment of respect and attachment, I am, &c.”—John Marshall to Washington, Richmond, 11 July, 1796.
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