1To George Washington from Stephen Hall, 14 May 1789 (Washington Papers)
Portland, Massachusetts [District of Maine], Sir, 14 May 1789. Can you permit me to take up one moment of your precious time in asking a favor! I wish for the Collectorship of duties at the Port of Portland, the Metropolis of the eastern part of the State of Massachusetts. But this Request, I am sensible, must appear both indelicate & improper without some knowledge of me. But how shall I make...
2To George Washington from Stephen Hall, 20 June 1791 (Washington Papers)
Portland [District of Maine] 20 June 1791. Applies for the position of inspector of survey for the District of Maine: “I have so often troubled You with my applications, that I would gladly make even this more concise, lest I become tedious.” ALS , DLC:GW . For Stephen Hall’s previous applications for office, see Hall to GW, 14 May 1789 and source note . GW did not appoint him to an excise...