1From George Washington to Alexander Contee Hanson, 7 March 1796 (Washington Papers)
Hanson’s letter has not been found.Samuel Chase, recently appointed as an associate justice of the Supreme Court, was, like Hanson, from Maryland.
2From George Washington to Alexander Contee Hanson, 18 September 1793 (Washington Papers)
To Alexander Contee Hanson
3From George Washington to Robert Hanson Harrison, 28 September 1789 (Washington Papers)
Robert Hanson Harrison (1745–1790) was born in Charles County, Md., but moved to Virginia before 1765 when he was certified to practice law in Fairfax County. Harrison was active in Patriot circles in Alexandria in the early 1770s......). Alexander Hamilton also urged Harrison to reconsider: “One of your objections I think will be removed—I mean that which relates to the nature of the...
4From George Washington to Tobias Lear, 10 October 1790 (Washington Papers)
For GW’s New York landlord, Alexander Macomb, and Lear’s dealings with him, see Samuel Hanson to GW, 19 Feb. 1789, n.2
5From George Washington to James McHenry, 30 November 1789 (Washington Papers)
Mr Hanson is the person whom I now have it in contemplation to bring forward as District Judge of Maryland, and shall do so, provided I can obtain an assurance that such an appointment would be acceptable to him: But......papers that Mr Hanson has been appointed Chancellor of the State since the death of Mr Rogers. What the emoluments of this Office are—or its tenure—I know not, therefore can...
6From George Washington to the United States Senate, 24 September 1789 (Washington Papers)
12:298–300). A number of names were put forward for chief justice, among them John Rutledge of South Carolina, Robert R. Livingston of New York, and Robert Hanson Harrison of Maryland. James Wilson of Pennsylvania applied for the post (see ). That there was apprehension in some quarters that Alexander Hamilton might be offered the post of chief justice is indicated by a letter from ...Hanson...
7From George Washington to the United States Senate, 6 March 1792 (Washington Papers)
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8February 1790 (Washington Papers)
...to accommodate his family and staff and to maintain the dignity of the presidential office. In spite of the fact that it was expected that Congress might move the capital from New York City, GW decided to lease Alexander Macomb’s mansion at Nos. 39–41 Broadway. “It was one of a block of three houses erected in 1787 and was four stories and an attic high, with a width of fifty-six feet. From...
9[Diary entry: 27 March 1791] (Washington Papers)
The chancellor of Maryland was Alexander Contee Hanson (1749–1806) of Annapolis. In June 1776 he was appointed GW’s assistant secretary at headquarters but resigned a few months later because of bad health. A justice of the Maryland General Court for many years, he...
10March 1791 (Washington Papers)
The chancellor of Maryland was Alexander Contee Hanson (1749–1806) of Annapolis. In June 1776 he was appointed GW’s assistant secretary at headquarters but resigned a few months later because of bad health. A justice of the Maryland General Court for many years, he...
of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton