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From Alexander Hamilton to George Washington, 31 May 1792

To George Washington1

[Philadelphia, May 31, 1792.] “… the place of Keeper of the Light house on Thatcher’s Island in the State of Massachusetts has become vacant by the death of Mr. Hustin.2 The following persons are respectably recommended—Joseph Sayword—Henry White—Samuel Hustin, son of the deceas’d Keeper, and Rowe.…”3

LC, George Washington Papers, Library of Congress.

1. For background to this letter, see Benjamin Lincoln to H, March 14, 1792.

2. Samuel Houston.

3. Sayward, White, and John Rowe were residents of Gloucester, Massachusetts.

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    From Alexander Hamilton to George Washington, 31 May 1792
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    “From Alexander Hamilton to George Washington, 31 May 1792,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-11-02-0374. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 11, February 1792 – June 1792, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1966, p. 461.]

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