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