From Alexander Hamilton to George Washington, 18 September 1790

To George Washington

Treasury Department
Septr. 18th. 1790.

sir

I have the honor respectfully to inform you that on the 15th. inst: your Commission to William Winn1 as Surveyor of the port of Winton in N. Carolina was brought to my Office by a gentleman from that State. Conceiving it an irregular mode of procedure in a case of that nature, I have written to Mr. Winn a letter2 of which the enclosed is a copy. In the mean time I have deemed it my duty to lay the circumstances before you.

I have the honor to be, with perfect respect, sir, Yr. most Obedient & most hume. servt.

Alexander Hamilton

LC, George Washington Papers, Library of Congress.

1. William Wynne.

2. H to Wynne, September 18, 1790.

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Title: From Alexander Hamilton to George Washington, 18 September 1790
Author: Hamilton, Alexander
Recipient: Washington, George
Date: 18 September 1790

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Cite as: “From Alexander Hamilton to George Washington, 18 September 1790,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-07-02-0038. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 7, September 1790 – January 1791, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1963, p. 59.]

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