From Alexander Hamilton to George Washington, 18 February 1799
To George Washington
New York Feby. 18. 1799
My Dear Sir
Unwilling to take the liberty to ask you to give yourself any particular trouble on the subject I have written the enclosed letters.1 I beg you to dispose of them as you suppose will best answer the end in view—that is to obtain a speedy distribution of the State into Districts and sub-districts.
With the truest attachment I have the honor to be My Dear Sir Your obed servant
A Hamilton
Lt General Washington
ALS, George Washington Papers, Library of Congress; LS, Hamilton Papers, Library of Congress; copy, in the handwriting of Philip Church, Hamilton Papers, Library of Congress.
1. For these enclosures, see H to Henry Lee, February 18, 1799.