From George Washington to the Commissioners for Settling Accounts Between the United States and the Individual States, 22 June 1793
To the Commissioners for Settling
Accounts Between the United States
and the Individual States
Phila. June 22d 17931
Gentlemen
Having considered the two questions referred to me in your letters of yesterday,2 I am of opinion that the Report of your proceedings may be made to the President of the U.S. and that your books & papers will be most properly deposited in the Treasury department. you will therefore be pleased to deliver them to the order of the Secretary of the Treasury.3
Should there be any thing in this business requiring, in your opinions, my further agency, I shall be ready at any time to give the necessary attention thereto either personally or in writing.
Go. W.
DfS, in Thomas Jefferson’s writing, DNA: RG 59, Miscellaneous Letters; LB, DLC:GW.
1. GW added the dateline.
2. GW had presented the commissioners’ second letter of 21 June at the cabinet meeting held earlier this date, and this reply was composed after he obtained a “unanimous opinion” ( , 187).
3. The commissioners delivered their books and accounts on 29 June 1793 (Thomas Jefferson to James Madison, 29 June 1793, , 26:401–4). For the report submitted to GW, see Commissioners to GW, 29 June 1793. GW signed “G. W—n” after this paragraph. Bartholomew Dandridge, Jr., then wrote the final paragraph over these initials and added “Go. W.” at the end.