To George Washington from Jonathan Titcomb, 24 October 1789

From Jonathan Titcomb

Newburyport [Mass.] Oct. 24th 1789.

Major General Titcomb presents his profound respects to the President of the United States & would humbly beg to be informed when he intends passing through the County of Essex. The Major General, & the militia of the County wish to be prepared to embrace the opportunity which thus happily presents, to exhibit as far as in their power their veneration for the high and important station & their admiration of the personal character of the President of the United States; Major Hooper who presents this request will wait on the President for an answer as he shall be pleased to appoint.1

Sprague transcript, DLC:GW.

For Jonathan Titcomb, see his letter to GW, 19 June 1789. For background to GW’s New England tour, see his letter to Betty Lewis, 12 Oct. 1789, n.3.

1. On Saturday, 30 Oct., Titcomb was among the citizens who met GW at the line between Essex and Middlesex counties. GW spent the night of 30 Oct. in Newburyport (Diaries description begins Donald Jackson and Dorothy Twohig, eds. The Diaries of George Washington. 6 vols. Charlottesville, Va., 1976–79. description ends , 5:486).

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Title: To George Washington from Jonathan Titcomb, 24 October 1789
Author: Titcomb, Jonathan
Recipient: Washington, George
Date: 24 October 1789

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Cite as: “To George Washington from Jonathan Titcomb, 24 October 1789,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/05-04-02-0155. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Presidential Series, vol. 4, 8 September 1789 – 15 January 1790, ed. Dorothy Twohig. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1993, p. 221.]

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