Thomas Jefferson Papers

To Thomas Jefferson from Hugh Williamson, 23 December 1790

From Hugh Williamson

Chamber of Congress 23rd Decr. 1790.

Sir

William H. Hill of the County of New Hanover in the State of N: C: is the Gentleman who was recommended to the President for Attorney by sundry of the Representatives from that State. A Letter for him goes by the Wilmington Mail.—I have the Honour to be Sir Your most obedt. servt.,

Hu w illiamson

RC (DLC); endorsed by TJ as received 23 Dec. 1790 and so recorded in sjl.

Hill was actually nominated by Washington on the 17th and confirmed by the Senate on the 20th (JEP description begins Journal of the Executive Proceedings of the Senate of the United States … to the Termination of the Nineteenth Congress, Washington, 1828 description ends , I, 64). The letter was probably one urging him to accept. At the same time, on the recommendation of Benjamin Hawkins, Washington nominated John Sitgreaves as judge for the district of North Carolina (Hawkins to Washington, 4 Nov. 1790, DNA: RG 59, MLR; JEP description begins Journal of the Executive Proceedings of the Senate of the United States … to the Termination of the Nineteenth Congress, Washington, 1828 description ends , i, 63).

Index Entries

    You Are Looking At

    Source Project
    Jefferson Papers
    Title
    To Thomas Jefferson from Hugh Williamson, 23 December 1790
    Author
    Williamson, Hugh
    Recipient
    Jefferson, Thomas
    Date
    23 December 1790

    Reference

    Cite as
    “To Thomas Jefferson from Hugh Williamson, 23 December 1790,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-18-02-0130. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, vol. 18, 4 November 1790 – 24 January 1791, ed. Julian P. Boyd. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1971, p. 359.]

    More between these correspondents