Alexander Hamilton Papers

To Alexander Hamilton from George Washington, 18 September 1790

From George Washington

Mount Vernon Septr. 18th. 1790.

sir

Your letter dated the 3d. inst. inclosing a Copy of the instructions you have forwarded to Mr. Short,1 came to my hands by the mail of Wednesday.

The appointment of that gentleman to negotiate the Loans in Holland, and the Instructions you have given for his government, meet my approbation. The first as no inconvenience it is conceived will result from his absence from Paris, is a measure of œconomy; the latter, are full and cautionary; and under his agency will, it is to be hoped, be satisfactorily executed.

I am Sir   Your mo. Obt. & very hble Servt.

Go: Washington

LC, George Washington Papers, Library of Congress.

1. H to William Short, September 1, 1790.

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    To Alexander Hamilton from George Washington, 18 September 1790
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    Washington, George
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    Hamilton, Alexander
    Date
    18 September 1790

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    “To Alexander Hamilton from George Washington, 18 September 1790,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-07-02-0039. [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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