1To George Washington from Benjamin Franklin, 3 June 1789 (Washington Papers)
I have made a rule to myself that your Excellency should not be troubled with any solicitations from me for favors to any even of my nearest connections, but here is a matter of justice in which the honor of our country is concerned, and therefore I cannot refuse giving this line for your information. Mr. Le Ray de Chaumont, father of the young gentleman who will have the honor of waiting on...
2To George Washington from Joseph Hardy, 3 June 1789 (Washington Papers)
The Bill for Organising the Department of the Treasury having amongst other provisions declared that an Auditor should be appointed to Examine and Adjust Accounts, I beg leave with great humility, to offer myself a Candidate for that Office. The duties of the Station I am at present employed in, as Accomptant of the Treasury, are similar to those of the Office I now sollicit; although in some...
3To George Washington from Andrew G. Fraunces, 3 June 1789 (Washington Papers)
I take the liberty of addressing you on a subject of much importance to myself and a young family that daily look up to me for support—this last together with the experience of your extreme goodness with respect to my father will I hope plead an excuse. It is near four years since my appointment as Clerk to the Honorable Board of Treasury which Office I still fill and I hope with satisfaction...
4To George Washington from Turpin Holroyd, 3 June 1789 (Washington Papers)
The Memorial of Turpin Holroyd of the City of New York mariner. Humbly sheweth— That your Memorialist understanding a new arrangement will shortly take place for the Customs of the United States is induced to this his humble request of solliciting a Birth as Tide waiter or any other Capacity your Excellency may deem Expedient. Your Memorialist at the first Commencement of the late Revolution...