From George Washington to Thomas Jefferson, 1 December 1792

To Thomas Jefferson

[Philadelphia, 1 December 1792]

Mr Hammond starts three to one against you.1

AL, DLC: Jefferson Papers. Jefferson docketed this letter: “Washington President recd Dec. 1. 9⟨mutilated⟩.”

1. For background on Jefferson’s negotiations with George Hammond, British minister to the United States, see Jefferson’s notes on two conversations with Hammond later this month, c. 10 Dec. and c. 12 Dec. 1792, and editorial notes, in Jefferson Papers, description begins Julian P. Boyd et al., eds. The Papers of Thomas Jefferson. 41 vols. to date. Princeton, N.J., 1950–. description ends 24:717–21, 728–30.

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Title: From George Washington to Thomas Jefferson, 1 December 1792
Author: Washington, George
Recipient: Jefferson, Thomas
Date: 1 December 1792

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Cite as: “From George Washington to Thomas Jefferson, 1 December 1792,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/05-11-02-0268. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Presidential Series, vol. 11, 16 August 1792 – 15 January 1793, ed. Christine Sternberg Patrick. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2002, p. 457.]

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