John Jay to Alexander Hamilton, 21 December 1790
From John Jay
New York, December 21, 1790. Recommends John McComb Jr.1 as “an intelligent sober & industrious young Mechanic.”
LS, Hamilton Papers, Library of Congress.
1. McComb was the son of a prominent New York architect and builder. The younger McComb became his father’s assistant in 1783 and began his own career as a builder in 1790.