George Washington Papers

From George Washington to the U.S. Senate, 9 December 1795

To the United States Senate

United States
December the 9th 1795.

Gentlemen of the Senate,

I nominate Timothy Pickering, to be Secretary for the Department of State; vice Edmund Randolph, resigned. and

Charles Lee, of Virginia, to be Attorney General of the United States; vice William Bradford, deceased.

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LS, DNA: RG 46, Records of Executive Proceedings, President’s Messages—Executive Nominations; LB, DLC:GW.

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    From George Washington to the U.S. Senate, 9 December 1795
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    Washington, George
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    9 December 1795

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    “From George Washington to the U.S. Senate, 9 December 1795,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/05-19-02-0180. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Presidential Series, vol. 19, 1 October 1795–31 March 1796, ed. David R. Hoth. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2016, pp. 237–238.]

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