George Washington Papers

To George Washington from Pierce Butler, 16 November 1789

From Pierce Butler

New York Novbr the 16th 1789

Sir

My situation as a senator from Carolina obliges me to trouble You with the perusal of the inclosed letters.1 As they will speak for themselves I will not intrude further on Your time. I have the honor to be with great respect and attachment Sir, Yr Most Obedt Servant

P. Butler

ALS, DNA:PCC, item 78.

1. The enclosures have not been identified.

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    To George Washington from Pierce Butler, 16 November 1789
    Author
    Butler, Pierce
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    Washington, George
    Date
    16 November 1789

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    “To George Washington from Pierce Butler, 16 November 1789,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/05-04-02-0202. [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, p. 295.]

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