1To George Washington from George Savage, 22 November 1789 (Washington Papers)
I beg leave to return you my most grateful Acknowledgment for the Commission appointing me Collector of the port of Cherry-Stone. Though The Revenue arising to the Union from the Collectorship of that port as also the profits of office will yield very little, there being few or no Sea Vessels that belong to the County; Yet from it’s extent, being upwards of 40 miles long, the number of Inlets...