To Alexander Hamilton from Tobias Lear, 3 March 1791
From Tobias Lear
[Philadelphia] March 3, 1791. Encloses a letter to the President “from the Senators … of Rhode Island1 recommending Mr. Thompson2 as a proper person for Supervisor of excise in that District.”
LC, George Washington Papers, Library of Congress.
1. Joseph Stanton and Theodore Foster to George Washington, March 3, 1791 (LS, George Washington Papers, Library of Congress).
2. Ebenezer Thompson, naval officer of the port of Providence.