To Alexander Hamilton from George Washington, [1 February 1795]

From George Washington1

[Philadelphia, February 1, 1795]

Dear Sir,

I received the enclosed letter with the document therein, last night.

For reasons which will appear obvious, I make you acquainted with the contents of them, being

Yours

Go: Washington

Sunday
1st Feby 1795

ALS, Hamilton Papers, Library of Congress.

1. H endorsed this letter: “This covered a letter from Mr. Coxe of the 31 of January 1795 containing a charge against Mr. Woolcott for my having committed to him & he having exercised the duties of Secy of the Treasury in my absence on the western expedition. A H.”

For background to this letter, see H to Oliver Wolcott, Jr., September 29, 1794; Coxe to H, December 28, 1794; H to Coxe, December 29, 1794.

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Source Project: Hamilton Papers
Title: To Alexander Hamilton from George Washington, [1 February 1795]
Author: Washington, George
Recipient: Hamilton, Alexander
Date: 1 February 1795

Reference

Cite as: “To Alexander Hamilton from George Washington, [1 February 1795],” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-18-02-0143-0001. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 18, January 1795 – July 1795, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1973, p. 242.]

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