1From George Washington to Tristram Dalton, 24 April 1795 (Washington Papers)
I have been favored with your letter of the 22d instt. Previous to the receipt of which, I had written to a gentleman of this state, (at a distance from hence) to know if he would accept the trust of being a Commissioner of the federal city. No answer has yet been received from him. Part of the district of Columbia being on the Virginia side of the Potomack, and the State having contributed...