1To George Washington from Jeremiah Jordan, Edmund Plowden, and Joshua Thomas, 23 March 1790 (Washington Papers)
We hope we stand excused in recommending to Your Excellencys Notice Captain Henry Carbery, as nothing could induce us to do it, but a thorough conviction that he is not unworthy of it, and that he is well able to discharge with propriety the duties of any place he may be employed in. We have known him from his early Youth, and we can truly say, that we never heard, or knew any thing, either in...