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1From 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...
2From George Washington to the United States Senate, 6 March 1792 (Washington Papers)
Alexander MooreSamuel Hanson