George Washington Papers

To George Washington from James Hillhouse, 2 March 1793

From James Hillhouse

[Philadelphia, 2 March 1793]1

Mr Hillhouse takes the liberty to hand in the Name of Col: Melancthon Lloyd Woolsey as a suitable person to be Appointed Collector to the New port established on Lake Champlain.2

Mr Benson & Col. Wadsworth know his character.3

AL, DLC:GW.

1. The docket on this document indicates that Connecticut congressman Hillhouse wrote this letter on “2d March 1793.”

2. GW submitted Woolsey’s nomination on 4 Mar. to the U.S. Senate, which approved the appointment that same day (Executive Journal, description begins Journal of the Executive Proceedings of the Senate of the United States of America: From the commencement of the First, to the termination of the Nineteenth Congress. Vol. 1. Washington, D.C., 1828. description ends 138).

3. Egbert Benson and Jeremiah Wadsworth were current congressmen from New York and Connecticut, respectively. Hillhouse also wrote a letter of recommendation for Woolsey to Alexander Hamilton, probably on this day (Syrett, Hamilton Papers, description begins Harold C. Syrett et al., eds. The Papers of Alexander Hamilton. 27 vols. New York, 1961–87. description ends 14:184).

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    To George Washington from James Hillhouse, 2 March 1793
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    Hillhouse, James
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    Washington, George
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    2 March 1793

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    “To George Washington from James Hillhouse, 2 March 1793,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/05-12-02-0190. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Presidential Series, vol. 12, 16 January 1793 – 31 May 1793, ed. Christine Sternberg Patrick and John C. Pinheiro. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2005, pp. 247–248.]