- Holzman
- Stoning
- 2. Pennsylvanians
- Graham— George
- Bourne. George M.
- Armstrong Andrew
- Tyler— Benjamin O.
- Carberry— Captain T
- Scott. Alexander
- Down
- Dunaway
- Forrest. Richard.
- Rush— Richard
- Cranch. W. and John
Holzman and Stoning
are inhabitants of Georgetown, who introduced two of their friends,
visitors from the Western Part of Pennsylvania; Huntingdon County. Their
object only was to see the President and the House— Mr Graham
brought a Letter upon the never ending subject of the Sandusky and
Tiffin Land-Office, in the State of Ohio— The final determination to
remove it to Tiffin, was some time since taken— The Register, Howard continues to remonstrate against the
removal; but his last resort is on the ground of sickness in his family
to request a suspension of the removal, for two or three months till the
sickly Season is over—which I advised Mr
Graham to do, giving notice of the postponement to Mr
Bartley— I desired Mr Graham
also to send me 500 more Blank Land-Patents for signature which he did.
Bourne and 255Armstrong and
Scott, all came to renew
applications for appointments to Office. Tyler has just returned from his Southern tour, to
deliver to the Governor’s of the States, the copies of the Laws
distributed to them respectively— He saw the Governors of Virginia,
Giles, of North-Carolina,
Burton, of South-Carolina,
Taylor, and of Georgia,
Troup; all of whom are in
violent opposition to the Administration— He represents Giles are
perfectly frantic on the Tariff and manufacturing concern— Taylor nearly
as bad— Burton as at bottom friendly to me, if he dared avow it; and
Troup, as diplomatically cold and polite— Sending his personal compliments to me and Mr Clay— Captain Carberry came with a written
Letter of complaint against the second Auditor—William Lee; for owing him money. I told
him, that it would give me pleasure if I could assist him in obtaining
his money; but that I had no controul over the private concerns of any
Officer of the Government— Mr Down and Mr Dunaway were two Virginians
from the Northern Neck, who introduced each other—they came to see the
House and the President; and professed to be very ardent friends of the
Administration, and personally to me— Forrest brought an Exequatur to be signed, for Robert Charles Manners, as British
Vice Consul at Boston, and corrected the misdate of one for Richard W. Cogdell, as Mexican Vice
Consul at Charleston S.C— Mr Rush was here, and spoke of
a new application for a remission of penalty, for bringing an excess of
passengers; and he had a Letter from General Dearborn the Collector at Boston, for the expense
of some appendages to the Navy Hospital which has been authorised to be
erected there— Mr Rush thought the
expenditure should be authorised to which I assented— Judge Cranch and his Son John were here in the Evening. John has
a very strong natural turn for painting— And brought a copy which he has
been taking from Stewart’s last
Portrait of my father. It is his
first essay in Oil Colours, and in that view, is remarkably well done—
He asked to keep the original some time longer, to make a second
attempt, to which I agreed.