To Thomas Jefferson from William Armistead, 20 May 1780
From William Armistead
Williamsburg, 20 May 1780. Submitting his resignation as “Commissioner of Loans for the States” (i.e., commissioner of the Continental loan office for Virginia), and recommending his assistant, John Hopkins, for that post.
RC (Vi); 2 p. Addressed: “His Excellency the Governour of Virginia ⅌ Mr. Hopkins”; endorsed in a clerk’s hand. Transmitted to Harrison in a letter of 3 June 1780, q.v.
The writer was William Armistead, who continued as state commissary of stores ( , xvi, 289; , ii, 117, note). On 7 June 1780 John Hopkins was elected his successor ( , May 1780, 1827 edn., p. 38).