Thomas Jefferson Papers

To Thomas Jefferson from George Washington, 11 February [1792]

From George Washington

Saturday 11th. Febry. [1792]

Dear Sir

If you and Mr. Madison could make it convenient to take a family dinner with me to day—or, if engagements prevent this—wd. come, at any hour in the afternoon most convenient to yourselves we would converse fully, and try to fix on some plan for carrying the Affairs of the Federal district into execution.

Under present appearances it is difficult, but it is nevertheless necessary to resolve on something. Yrs. sincerely & Affectionately,

Go: Washington

RC (DLC); addressed: “Mr. Jefferson”; slightly mutilated, so that part of the endorsement showing date of receipt is lost; recorded in SJPL under 11 Feb. 1792.

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    To Thomas Jefferson from George Washington, 11 February [1792]
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    Washington, George
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    Jefferson, Thomas
    Date
    11 February 1792

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    “To Thomas Jefferson from George Washington, 11 February [1792],” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-23-02-0109. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, vol. 23, 1 January–31 May 1792, ed. Charles T. Cullen. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1990, p. 111.]

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