From George Washington to the United States Senate, 7 August 1790
To the United States Senate
United States [New York] August 7th 1790.
Gentlemen of the Senate.
I nominate Jabez Bowen1 to be Commissioner of Loans in the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. and
Daniel Benezet Junior2 to be Collector of the Port of Great Egg Harbour in the State of New Jersey.
Go: Washington
LS, DNA: RG 46, First Congress, 1789–91, Records of Executive Proceedings, President’s Messages—Executive Nominations; LB, DLC:GW.
A “c” was written in a different hand after each nomination on the receiver’s copy, probably signifying Senate confirmation of or concurrence to the appointments, both of which the Senate considered and approved the same day they were submitted (
2:90, n.54).1. For Jabez Bowen’s application for the position of Rhode Island loans commissioner, see Bowen to GW, 19 June 1790.
2. For Daniel Benezet, Jr.’s application for a customs post at Great Egg Harbor, see Benezet to GW, April 1790.