To George Washington from Jonathan Hastings, 7 May 1793

From Jonathan Hastings

Boston 7th May. 1793

Sir

I have just received the inclosed letter from London under Cover, and now improve the first Opportunity of forwarding it.1 With Sentiments of Esteem and Respect, I am, your Excellency’s most Obed. humb. Servant

Jona. Hastings

ALS, DNA: RG 59, Miscellaneous Letters.

1. Hastings, as deputy postmaster at Boston, was in charge of receiving and dispatching mail from Great Britain (Journal of the House, 8:97, 269, 389–90). The enclosure has not been identified.

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Title: To George Washington from Jonathan Hastings, 7 May 1793
Author: Hastings, Jonathan
Recipient: Washington, George
Date: 7 May 1793

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Cite as: “To George Washington from Jonathan Hastings, 7 May 1793,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/05-12-02-0431. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Presidential Series, vol. 12, 16 January 1793 – 31 May 1793, ed. Christine Sternberg Patrick and John C. Pinheiro. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2005, pp. 549–550.]