From George Washington to Abraham Baldwin, 7 May 1789

To Abraham Baldwin

New York May 7th 1789.

Sir,

I have duly received your letter of the 30th of April, containing the resignation of your seat at the general Board of Commissioners for finally adjusting all accounts between the United States and the individual States; and shall cause it to be filed in the proper office as soon as the necessary arrangemt of departments shall have been made. I am, with great esteem, Sir, Your most Obedt Servt

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LS, CSmH; copy, in David Humphreys’s writing, DNA: RG 59, Miscellaneous Letters; LB, DLC:GW.

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Title: From George Washington to Abraham Baldwin, 7 May 1789
Author: Washington, George
Recipient: Baldwin, Abraham
Date: 7 May 1789

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Cite as: “From George Washington to Abraham Baldwin, 7 May 1789,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/05-02-02-0164. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Presidential Series, vol. 2, 1 April 1789 – 15 June 1789, ed. Dorothy Twohig. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1987, pp. 224–225.]

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