George Washington Papers

To George Washington from Marinus Willett, 29 March 1790

From Marinus Willett

Charleston, S.C., 29 Mar. 1790. “The sole designe of this letter is to signify to you Sir, That I have a very great desire of serving in some executive appointment under the Union—Should any office present itself for which in your opinion I am Qualified, no person shall be more carefull to do Justice to such appointment than Sir your most obedient & very humble Servant.”1

ALS, DLC:GW.

1. For Willett’s determined pursuit of a post in the Washington administration, see his letter to GW, 7 July 1789, and source note.

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    To George Washington from Marinus Willett, 29 March 1790
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    Willett, Marinus
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    Washington, George
    Date
    29 March 1790

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    “To George Washington from Marinus Willett, 29 March 1790,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/05-05-02-0188. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Presidential Series, vol. 5, 16 January 1790 – 30 June 1790, ed. Dorothy Twohig, Mark A. Mastromarino, and Jack D. Warren. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1996, p. 292.]

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