Alexander Hamilton Papers

To Alexander Hamilton from George Washington, [4 January 1790]

From George Washington

[New York, January 4, 1790]

Dear Sir,

I feel myself very much obliged by what you sent me yesterday. The letter from Governor Johnston1 I return—much pleased to find so authentic an acct. of the adoption by No Carolina of the Constitution.2

Yrs. sincerely & affectly

Go: Washington

Monday Morng
4th. Jany.		 } 17893

ALS, Hamilton Papers, Library of Congress.

1. Samuel Johnston, governor of North Carolina.

2. North Carolina ratified the Constitution on November 21, 1789.

3. Washington incorrectly dated this letter 1789.

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    To Alexander Hamilton from George Washington, [4 January 1790]
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    Washington, George
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    Hamilton, Alexander
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    4 January 1790

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    “To Alexander Hamilton from George Washington, [4 January 1790],” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-06-02-0069. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 6, December 1789 – August 1790, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1962, p. 49.]

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