PART THIRD.

PRIVATE LETTERS FROM THE TIME WASHINGTON
RESIGNED HIS COMMISSION AS COMMANDER-IN-
CHIEF OF THE ARMY TO THAT OF HIS INAUGU.
RATION AS PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.

VOLUME IX.

CORRESPONDENCE FROM DECEMBER, 1783, TO APRIL,

1789.

APPENDIX.

Page

1. First General Meeting of the Society of the Cincinnati

II. Respecting the Propositions for investing Congress with

Additional Powers for Cominercial Purposes

495

501

III. Opinions of Jay, Knox, and Madison, respecting the Prin-

ciples and Features of a New Form of Government

IV. An Abstract of the General Principles of Ancient and Mod-

ern Confederacies

510

521

V. Extracts from General Washington's Diary

538

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VI. Mr. Madison's Remarks on the Constitution, and Reply to

George Mason's Objections

542

VII. Letters from Madison, Lee, and Lincoln, on the Location

of the Seat of Government, Choice of the President, and

other Topics

549

PART FOURTH.

LETTERS OFFICIAL AND PRIVATE, FROM THE BE-
GINNING OF HIS PRESIDENCY TO THE END OF
HIS LIFE.

VOLUME X.

CORRESPONDENCE FROM MAY, 1789, TO NOVEMBER,

1794.

APPENDIX.

1. Appointment of George Washington as President of the

United States

459

II. Queries by the President, respecting the System of Conduct

to be adopted by him in his Private Intercourse

464

III. Remarks of the French Minister on the Mode of Intercourse

to be pursued between him and the President

IV. Washington's Habit in reading Despatches and other Im-
portant Papers

Page

469

473

V. Sentiments expressed by the President to the Committee

from the Senate, appointed to confer with him on the

Mode of Communication between the President and the

Senate respecting Treaties and Nominations

484

VI. Letter from the Governor of Rhode Island, giving Rea-

sons why that State did not accede to the Union

VII. Washington's Visit to Boston, on his Tour through the

Eastern States

487

489

VIII. Communications from Major Beckwith to the Secretary of

the Treasury

494

IX. Letter from the National Assembly of France to the Presi-

dent of the United States

497

X. Letter from John Jay to President Washington

499

XI. Letter from Lafayette to President Washington, respecting
the State of Affairs in France

XII. Letters from Jefferson, Hamilton, and Randolph, urging

President Washington to consent to be a Candidate for

a Second Election

502

504

XIII. On the Dissensions in the Cabinet, and the Private Differ-

ences between Hamilton and Jefferson

515

XIV. Proceedings of the Executive in Consequence of the Vio-

lation of the Excise Law

526

XV. Questions submitted by the President to the Cabinet, re-

specting a Proclamation of Neutrality, and the Reception

of a French Minister

533

XVI. Minutes of a Conversation between Mr. Jefferson, Secre-

tary of State, and M. Genet

536

XVII. Letter from Henry Lee to President Washington.

XVIII. Questions submitted by the President to the Judges of the

Supreme Court

540

542

XIX. Rules adopted by the Cabinet as to the Equipment of Ves-
sels in the Ports of the United States by Belligerent
Powers, and Proceedings on the Conduct of the French
Minister

XX. Opinions of Jefferson, Hamilton, and Madison, as to the
Power of the President to convene Congress at any other
Place, than that to which they have adjourned
XXI. Letter from Alexander Hamilton to President Washington

XXII. On the Appointment of an Envoy Extraordinary to the

Court of Great Britain

546

549

554

557

VOLUME XI.

CORRESPONDENCE FROM NOVEMBER, 1794, TO DE-

CEMBER, 1799.

APPENDIX.

Page

I. Suggestions for establishing a College, to be supplied with

Professors from Europe

473

II. Notes submitted to the Consideration of the President in

Regard to the British Treaty

III. Edmund Randolph's Resignation of the Office of Secretary

of State

479

IV. Remarks of John Jay on certain Points of the British Treaty

V. Opinions of the Cabinet advising Mr. Monroe's Recall from

France

VI. Letter from the Secretary of State to President Washington

VII. Papers relating to the Imprisonment of Lafayette at Olmutz

VIII. Letter to Washington, signed with the Fictitious Name of

John Langhorne

IX. Lafayette's Answer to the Proposal of the Austrian Minis-

ter, that he should be released from the Prison of Olmutz

on certain Conditions

X. Remarks of Washington on Monroe's "View of the Con-

duct of the Executive of the United States," copied from

Manuscript Notes

481

483

488

489

501

502

504

XI. Letters respecting the Appointment of Washington as Com-

mander-in-Chief of the Provisional Army

530

XII. Letters from Knox, Hamilton, and Pickering, on Military

Rank in the Provisional Army

534

XIII. On the Relative Rank of the Major-Generals in the Pro-

XV. Sketch of the Quotas of Troops to be furnished for the

Provisional Army in the Southern States

549

XVI. Replies of General Knox and General Pinckney to the

Secretary of War, on the Subject of their Appointment

in the Provisional Army

550

XVII. Questions proposed by the Secretary of War to the Com-

mander-in-Chief of the Provisional Army

552

XVIII. Political Opinions of Patrick Henry

556

XIX. Considerations on the Political Relations between the United

States and France, in a Letter from Joel Barlow

560

XX. Instructions from the Secretary of War to the Inspector-

General of the Provisional Army

563

XXI. On the Diversity of Opinions in the Cabinet, relative to a

PART FIFTH.

SPEECHES AND MESSAGES TO CONGRESS, PROCLA-
MATIONS, AND ADDRESSES.

I. CORRESPONDENCE ON AGRICULTURE, AFFAIRS OF BUSINESS,

AND MISCELLANEOUS TOPICS

II. Agricultural Papers

III. Concerning Washington's Farewell Address

IV. Religious Opinions and Habits of Washington

V. Names and Rank of the General Officers of the Continental

Army in the Revolution

251

336

382

399

412

VI. Names of General Washington's Aids-de-Camp during the

Revolution

415

VII. Governors or Chief Magistrates of the several Colonies, and

VIII. Members of Congress before the Adoption of the Consti-

tution

420

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IX. Members of the Convention which formed the Constitution

of the United States in 1787

426

X. Senators and Representatives in Congress during Wash-

ington's Administration

427

XII. Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States during ·

Washington's Administration

433

XIII. American Ministers and Diplomatic Agents at Foreign Courts

during Washington's Administration

433

INDEXES.

I. Letters written by Washington to Individuals and Public

Bodies

437

II. Letters addressed to Washington by Various Persons

III. Miscellaneous Letters relating to Subjects mentioned in

LIST OF THE PLATES.

1. Portrait of Washington,

2. Facsimile of Mathematical Drawings,

3. Facsimile of the Title of a Book of Surveys,

4. Battle of the Great Meadows,

6. Copy of a Gold Medal presented to General Washington by Congress,

18. Military Operations after the Evacuation of New York,

19. Battles of Trenton and Princeton,

20. Military Movements in New Jersey,

21. Battle of the Brandywine,

22. Military Movements in Pennsylvania,

23. Battle of Germantown,

24. Attack on Fort Clinton,

25. Operations on the Delaware River,

26. Encampment at Valley Forge,

27. Retreat of Lafayette from Barren Hill,

28. Battle of Monmouth,

29. Military Works at Stony Point and Verplanck's Point,

30. Operations on Hudson's River,

31. Operations in Virginia,

32. Plan of the Siege of Yorktown,

33. Head of Mrs. Washington, by Stuart,

34 Plan of the Farms at Mount Vernon,