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My Dear and Beloved Son

To Benjamin Lincoln Lear
Small tear where seal was opened

GLC07827.02

My Dear Uncle

To Samuel Storer Esqiure

GLC07827.03

My Dear and Honored Grandmother

To Mary Lear

GLC07827.04

My Dear Uncle

To John L. Storer Esqiure

GLC07827.05

By His Excellency

A Certificate of good health for travel from Gibraltar to Algiers

GLC07827.06

to John [Jean] Luzac re: America should maintain neutrality

Written as Vice President, recommending Tobias Lear, former secretary to President George Washington. "This country is too happy in the enjoyment of that Liberty which cost them so dear to risque it, by medling in foreign wars." Luzac, a...

GLC02294

to George Washington

Extract of a letter in the hand of Tobias Lear, secretary to George Washington. Explains that he proof-read entries from the "Encyclopedie Methodique" on the "Etats unis" and the "Cincinnati," and gave corrections to the author. Also gave the article...

GLC02437.03338

to Henry Knox

Informs Knox that George Washington will not be able to attend the Society of the Cincinnati general meeting "in consequence of an account which he received by express that his Mother & only Sister lay dangerously ill, & that he was obliged to make...

GLC02437.03536

to Henry Knox

Mentions a Frenchman who is with the Wabash Indians (not an interpreter) and who asked President Washington for a pair of boots and some stockings. Washington wants the man to be given the items if he has not received them before. Tells Knox "you...

GLC02437.05891

to Tobias Lear

Discusses plans to burn lime in the coming year.

GLC02437.06511

to Henry Knox

Discusses the issue of obtaining lime from the land. Includes a list of goods and their prices.

GLC02437.06525

to Henry Knox

Writing for Martha Washington, to express her thanks for Knox's letter of condolence upon George Washington's death.

GLC02437.07366

to Henry Knox

Letter perhaps from Tobias Lear, who wishes to "vend at the City of Washington, Alexandria and their neighbourhood-a very large quantity of lime and lumber as such prices as to nett a handsome profit...and thereby enable the purchase of flour for...

GLC02437.07316

to Henry Knox

President George Washington's personal secretary Lear writes to Secretary of War Knox to find out if Knox knows anything about Samuel Ogden and the position of the New Jersey attorney general. Washington "is anxious to give in the nomination."

GLC02437.04816

to Henry Knox

Requests Knox sends President George Washington "the papers relating to the Indian Expedition which are to be laid before Congress."

GLC02437.04792

to Tobias Lear

Knox says he received a letter from Abraham Ogden regarding Samuel Ogden and "the subject of the attorneyship of New Jersey." Knox thinks Samuel Ogden will gladly the accept the appointment. Knox mentioned the matter to Henry Jackson "with the...

GLC02437.04815

to Henry Knox

Lear, Washington's former secretary, encourages Knox to do business with him in the nascent federal city. Says materials are needed to construct the "public buildings."

GLC02437.07123