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To James Madison from George Washington, [28 February] 1790

From George Washington

Sunday Morning [28 February 1790]

My dear Sir

I return Mr. Jefferson’s letter with thanks for the perusal of it.1 I am glad he has resolved to accept the Appointment of Secretary of State, but sorry it is so repugnant to his own inclinations that it is done. Sincerely & Affectly. I am—Yrs.

Go: Washington

RC (NjP); Tr (MH: Sparks Transcripts). RC addressed by Washington; docketed by JM late in life: “G. Washington—no date / 1789–90.” For dating of the letter, see n. 1.

1. Jefferson to JM, 14 Feb. 1790, posted at Richmond on 18 Feb.

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    To James Madison from George Washington, [28 February] 1790
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    Washington, George
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    Madison, James
    Date
    28 February 1790

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    “To James Madison from George Washington, [28 February] 1790,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/01-13-02-0048. [Original source: The Papers of James Madison, vol. 13, 20 January 1790 – 31 March 1791, ed. Charles F. Hobson and Robert A. Rutland. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1981, pp. 70–71.]

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