From George Washington to Alexander Hamilton, 25 September 1789

To Alexander Hamilton

[New York] 25th Sepr 1789.

Dear Sir,

From a great variety of characters who have made a tender of their services for Suitable Offices, I have selected the following. If Mr Jay & you will take the further trouble of running them over to see if among them there can be found one, who, under all circumstances is more eligable for the Post Office than Col. O.1—I shall be obliged to you both for your opinions thereon by Eleven ’Oclock—Another Paper which is enclosed, will shew how the appointments stand to this time.2 And, that you may have the matter fully before you, I shall add that, it is my present intention to nominate Mr Jefferson for Secretary of State, and Mr Edmd Randolph as Attorney Genl; though their acceptance is problamatical—especially the latter. Yrs Sincerely

Go: Washington

Mr Gorham	Massachuts
General Cobb	Do
Colo. Osgood
Colo. Smith	N. York.

Colo. W: White	Do
Mr Lewis Pintard	Do
Mr John R. Livingston	Do
Commodore Nicholson	Do
Mr Blagge	Do
Colo. Giles	Do
Genl Webb	Do
Doctr Cochran	Do
Mr Wm Denning	Do
Mr Wm W. Morris	Do
Captn Thos Randall	Do
Mr Paul R. Randall	Do
Majr North	Do
Mr Hazard Incumbt	Do
Mr Henry Remsen	Do
Genl Moylan	New Jersey
Mr Wm Temple Franklin	Do
Colo. Cummings	Do
Mr Jno. Bayard
Mr Thos Barclay	Pennsyl.
Mr Chas Pettit	Do
Mr Jas Milligan	Do
Doctr Tilton	Delaware
Colo. Jno. Parke	Do
Mr Broom	Do
Mr Cyrus Griffen
Mr Arthur Lee
Mr Richd Harrison
Mr Jonathan Dayton
Genl Gist.
Chancellor Livingston

ALS, DLC: Hamilton Papers.

1. See Jacob Richardson to GW, 1 Oct. 1789, n.2.

2. This enclosure, “A List of persons holding Offices of a general Nature with the states to which they belong annexed,” in Tobias Lear’s handwriting, is in DLC: Hamilton Papers.

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Title: From George Washington to Alexander Hamilton, 25 September 1789
Author: Washington, George
Recipient: Hamilton, Alexander
Date: 25 September 1789

Reference

Cite as: “From George Washington to Alexander Hamilton, 25 September 1789,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/05-04-02-0056. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Presidential Series, vol. 4, 8 September 1789 – 15 January 1790, ed. Dorothy Twohig. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1993, pp. 83–84.]

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