1From George Washington to William Hartshorne, 2 March 1787 (Washington Papers)
Whatever sum Colonels Gilpin and Fitzgerald think proper to order, or the state of the treasury will enable you to pay, the Contractor for supplying the Workmen for the Potomack Company—the same being due to him—will be agreed to by Sir Yr Most Obedt Hble Ser⟨vt⟩ ALS , Gallery of History, Las Vegas, Nevada. George Gilpin wrote below GW’s signature: “Considering the state of the Treasury and...