From George Washington to the Commissioners for the District of Columbia, 7 October 1795

To the Commissioners for the District of Columbia

Mount Vernon 7th Octr 1795

Gentlemen

Your letter of the 5th instt enclosing a Memorial of the same date, came to my hands yesterday.

The latter shall have the best consideration I can give it, between this and Monday next;1 when, if nothing, unforeseen at present, intervenes to prevent, I shall be in George Town on my return to Philadelphia; and will converse fully with you on the subject matter of it. With esteem & regard I am—Gentn Your Obedient Servt

Go: Washington

ALS, PHi: Gratz Collection; LB, DLC:GW.

1. The following Monday was 12 October.

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Title: From George Washington to the Commissioners for the District of Columbia, 7 October 1795
Author: Washington, George
Recipient: Commissioners for the District of Columbia, the
Date: 7 October 1795

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Cite as: “From George Washington to the Commissioners for the District of Columbia, 7 October 1795,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/05-19-02-0016. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Presidential Series, vol. 19, 1 October 1795–31 March 1796, ed. David R. Hoth. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2016, pp. 25–26.]

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