P. N. Godin to Robert Morris, 28 June 1791
P. N. Godin to Robert Morris
St. Eustatius, 28 June 1791. Recommending as consul on St. Eustatius David M. Clarkson “whose amiable Character makes [him] more fit for it than an other Gentleman named Stevenson, who … would by no means be agreeable to me.”
RC (DLC: Washington Papers); endorsed by TJ: “Clarkson for St. Eustatius, Ire. handed in by Mr. R. Morris. recd. July 16. 1791.” Clarkson was confirmed as consul for St. Eustatius on 20 Feb. 1793 (i, 130–1).
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