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From George Washington to the Commissioners for the District of Columbia, 9 September 1793

To the Commissioners for the District of Columbia

Philda Sepr 9th 1793.

Gentlemen,

I have duly received your Letter of Septm. 5th and in consequence thereof have Authorised Mr David Ross of Bladensburg & Colo. Robert Townsend Hooe of Alexandria to examine the accounts and Vouchers of the expenditure of the monies appropriated to your trust as Commissioners of the publick buildings of the Federal Territory & to certify to me the result.1 With esteem, I am Gent. your most Obt Hon. Servt,

Go. Washington

LB, DNA: RG 42, Records of the Commissioners for the District of Columbia, Letters Sent, 1791–1802; Df, in Thomas Jefferson’s writing, DLC:GW; LB, DLC:GW.

1. See GW to Ross and Hooe, 9 September. For the results of the audit, see Hooe and Ross to GW, 31 Oct. (see also D.C. Commissioners to GW, 3 Nov.,).

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    From George Washington to the Commissioners for the District of Columbia, 9 September 1793
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    Commissioners for the District of Columbia
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    9 September 1793

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    “From George Washington to the Commissioners for the District of Columbia, 9 September 1793,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/05-14-02-0036. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Presidential Series, vol. 14, 1 September–31 December 1793, ed. David R. Hoth. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2008, p. 49.]

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