1To George Washington from Samuel A. Otis, 3 September 1789 (Washington Papers)
Permit me, Sir, encouraged by your indulgence to solicit the appointment of my Son, Harrison G. Otis, to be Attorney for the district of Massachusetts, being a practitioner of Reputation in the Supreme judicial Courts of the State, qualified for the business, and high in the estimation of his fellow Citizens. Sensible that he has no dependence for his advancement in life on any thing but his...