Box 1
Contains 88 Results:
David Settle Reid, House of Representatives, Washington, D.C., to Peter G. Washington, Auditor for Post Office Department, Washington, D.C., 1848 May 8
Requests return of papers sent in the case of Whitman.
Abraham Robinson McIlvaine, House of Representatives, Washington, D. C., to Mr. Peter G. Washington, 1848 July 6
Asks Washington to send him a reply so he can answer a letter from Mr. Charles B. Penrose.
Abraham Robinson McIlvaine, House of Representatives, Washington, D.C., to P. D. (sic) G. Washington, 1848 July 18
Has received a letter from Mr. Charles B. Penrose who has not yet received the draft, though Penrose sent the required deposition.
J. M. Mason, Senate Chamber, Washington, D.C., to P. G. Washington, 1850 January 9
Inquires about the claim of Mr. Pagnall of Norfolk, Virginia, for his examination o the Carter and Roddy claims.
John Cadwalader, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Peter G. Washington, Washington, D.C., 1850 February 13
Discusses information on a patent issues to James Rumsey for a reaction wheel with a fixed flume, and one to James Macombe for a horizontal hollow water wheel.
John Cadwalader, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Peter G. Washington, Washington, D.C., 1850 February 13
More information on the Rumsey patent.
William Medill, Convention Chamber, Columbus, Ohio, to P.G. Washington, 1850 June 4
Is very busy as president of the Convention; sends his best wishes to Mrs. Washington, and Miss Virginia.
Charles Clark, Fayette, Mississippi to "Dear Sir", 1850 August 24
Sends a draft; politics are very quiet since everyone is concentrating on the cotton crop.
Richard Henry Stanton, Maysville, Kentucky, to Colonel P. G. Washington, 1851 June 6
Will find a safe bearer for a letter to a young lady in Louisville; discusses his Whig opponent, William C. Marshall, and the approaching campaign.
Richard Henry Stanton, Maysville, Kentucky, to Peter G. Washington, 1851 June 19
Is busy campaigning.
Charles Clark, Fayette, Mississippi, to P. G. Washington, 1851 October 28
Received the land warrants for himself and Captain Coffee (?); Foote will be elected governor over Davis.
Certificate of the Officers and Board of managers of the Washington National Monument Society, showing a picture of the proposed monument and giving 19 signatures, including those of Millard Fillmore, Thomas Carbery, Winfield Scott, Matthew Fontaine Maury, and Peter Force, 1852 August 1
George H. Duley, Lt. Topographical Engineers, Medfield, Macc., to Colonel P. F. Washington, 1852 October 29
Requests Washington's help in preventing the removal of Charles Onion as Post Master at Medfield.
Richard Wigginton Thompson, Brown's Hotel, Washington, D.C., to P. G. Washington, circa 1853-1857 March 5
Asks for word when the President Pierce's order about his business reaches the Treasury Department.
Tazewell Taylor, Norfolk, Virginia to P. G. Washington, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, Washington, D.C., 1853 March 10
Congratulates Washington on his new office; introduces Walter H. Taylor of Norfolk, Superintendent of the New Customs House Building, who Taylor hopes will keep his position.
Jno. Milledge, Augusta, Georgia, to "My Dear Sir" (Peter G. Washington), 1853 March 16
Congratulates Washington on his new position; praises the new President Pierce and his foreign policy; feels sectional rivalries will dissipate; asks that W[illia]m B. Hall be retained as their Postmaster.
Myra Clark Gaines, Washington, D.C., to Peter G. Washington, 1853 March 16
Recommends Edward White for an appraiser ship at San Francisco.
O. S. Dickinson, Binghamton, New York, to Peter G. Washington, 1853 March 17
Congratulates Washington on his new position.
Ausburn Birdsall, Washington, D.C., to P. G. Washington, 1853 March 19
Asks assistance in getting the appointment of Superintendent of Light Houses on the Hudson River for Joseph O. Hasbrouck.
Charles Sweetser, Delaware, Ohio, to Peter G. Washington, 1853 April 6
Expresses his pleasure at Washington's appointment.
Smith Pyne, (Washington, D.C.), to P. G. Washington, circa 1853-1857 April 16
Introduces someone who wants a position in the Department of the Treasury.
Robert Dale Owen, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Peter Washington, Washington, D.C., 1853 April 20
Asks Washington to give Mr. Guthrie an enclosed letter.
Lewis Cass, Detroit, Michigan, to Peter G. Washington, 1853 April 22
Introduces Mr. Watson (?).
Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter, to Peter G. Washington, Washington, D.C., 1853 April
Introduces Taliaferro Hunter of Fredericksburg, Virginia, who is to be appointed chief clerk to the Light House Board.
John Milledge, to (Peter G. Washington?), 1853 May 14
Discusses papers regarding certain bounty land claims given Mr. Edwards by the recipient.