George Washington Papers

To George Washington from Ebenezer Stevens, 17 July 1789

From Ebenezer Stevens

New York 17th July 1789

Sir

Should my character and abilities be thought Suitable for the office of surveyor and searcher Of this port it would be accepted with gratitude By Your most obedient Humble Servant

Ebenr Stevens

ALS, DLC:GW.

Ebenezer Stevens (1751–1823) served with Rhode Island forces and in the Continental army during the Revolution, advancing in rank from lieutenant to lieutenant colonel. After the war he settled in New York where he opened a mercantile firm, served in the New York legislature, and was one of the founders of the Tammany Society. Stevens did not receive a federal appointment, although in 1794 he served as United States agent for erecting fortifications at New York (DNA: RG 217, Miscellaneous Treasury Accounts, 1790–1894, account no. 6749).

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    To George Washington from Ebenezer Stevens, 17 July 1789
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    Stevens, Ebenezer
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    Washington, George
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    17 July 1789

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    “To George Washington from Ebenezer Stevens, 17 July 1789,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/05-03-02-0128. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Presidential Series, vol. 3, 15 June 1789–5 September 1789, ed. Dorothy Twohig. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1989, p. 228.]

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