To Alexander Hamilton from George Washington, [8 April 1794]
From George Washington1
[Philadelphia, April 8, 1794]
Dr Sir,
Annexed to your Statemen⟨t⟩ of “Principles and course of Procee⟨d⟩ings”2 I have given the certificat⟨e⟩ required.3
I am yours always
Go: Washing⟨ton⟩
8th. April 1794
ALS, Hamilton Papers, Library of Congress.
1. For background to this letter, see the introductory note to H to Frederick A. C. Muhlenberg, December 16, 1793. See also H to the Select Committee Appointed to Examine the Treasury Department, March 24, 1794; H to Washington, March 24, April 1, 7, 1794; Abraham Baldwin to H, March 29, April 5, 1794; “Report on Principles and Course of Proceeding with Regard to the Disposition of the Moneys Borrowed Abroad by Virtue of the Acts of the Fourth and Twelfth of August, 1790, as to the Point of Authority,” April 1, 1794.
2. “Report on Principles and Course of Proceeding with Regard to the Disposition of the Moneys Borrowed Abroad by Virtue of the Acts of the Fourth and Twelfth of August, 1790, as to the Point of Authority,” April 1, 1794.
3. This “certificate,” in the form of a letter, is printed below. See Washington to H, second letter of April 8, 1794.