11Enclosure: The Justices of the Supreme Court to George Washington, 20 July 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
We have taken into Consideration the Letter written to us by your Direction, on the 18th. Instant, by the Secretary of State. The Question “whether the public may with propriety be availed of the advice of the Judges, on the Questions alluded to?” appears to us to be of much Difficulty as well as Importance—as it affects the judicial Department, we feel a Reluctance to decide it, without the...
12To Thomas Jefferson from George Washington, 20 July 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
The President sends to the Secy. of State a letter from the Chief Justice and the Judges of the Supreme Court on the subject which has been laid before them—and requests, that if the Secretary should be of opinion that an answer ought to be given to this letter, he will prepare one agreeably to what was suggested yesterday. RC ( DLC ); in Tobias Lear’s hand; endorsed by TJ as received 22 July...