1To George Washington from Silas Talbot, 31 January 1790 (Washington Papers)
My motives for presuming to address you at this time is to solicit your particular favor & notice so far as to take into consideration the propriety of my being again employed in some public service in case any should offer, in which I might be thought adequate to the performance of. I have been Informed Sir by a member of Congress, that new arrangements will probably take place in some or all...