George Washington Papers

To George Washington from Thomas Mifflin, 12 September 1794

From Thomas Mifflin

Philadelphia: 12th Septr 1794

Sir.

The Secretary of the Treasury, on behalf of the Secretary at War, has communicated to me, your request, that I would immediately cause the quota of the Militia of this State to be assembled, for the purpose expressed in your requisition of the 7th ultimo.1

It is only necessary to assure you, that I shall comply with the utmost dispatch and alacrity.2 I am, Sir, with perfect respect, Your most obedient humble servant

Tho. Mifflin

Df, PHarH: Executive Correspondence, 1790-99; LB, PHarH: Executive Letterbooks.

1. See Alexander Hamilton to Mifflin, 9 Sept. (Hamilton Papers description begins Harold C. Syrett et al., eds. The Papers of Alexander Hamilton. 27 vols. New York, 1961–87. description ends , 17:210-11), and Proclamation, 7 August.

2. A printed copy of Pennsylvania adjutant general Josiah Harmar’s general orders for assembling the Pennsylvania militia at Carlisle, dated 11 Sept., is in PHarH: Executive Correspondence, 1790-99.

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    To George Washington from Thomas Mifflin, 12 September 1794
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    Washington, George
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    12 September 1794

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    “To George Washington from Thomas Mifflin, 12 September 1794,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/05-16-02-0461. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Presidential Series, vol. 16, 1 May–30 September 1794, ed. David R. Hoth and Carol S. Ebel. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2011, pp. 673–674.]

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