George Washington to Samuel Huntington forwarding an act of Congress (not present) on state debts - American History 1493-1945

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Field name	Value
Collection Reference Number	GLC04467
From Archive Folder	Documents Relating to 1789
Title	George Washington to Samuel Huntington forwarding an act of Congress (not present) on state debts
Date	10 August 1789
Author	Washington, George (1732-1799)
Recipient	Huntington, Samuel
Document Type	Correspondence
Subjects	President Government and Civics Assumption of State Debt Congress Law Finance Economics Debt
People	Washington, George (1732-1799) Huntington, Samuel (1731-1796)
Place written	New York
Theme	The Presidency; Government & Politics; Law; Banking & Economics
Sub-collection	The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859
Additional Information	Signer of the U.S. Constitution.
Copyright	The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module	Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859
Transcript	Show/hide New York August 10th, 1789. Sir, Agreeably to the Resolution of Congress of the 5th of June, I do myself the honor to transmit to your Excellency an act for settling the accounts between the United States and Individual Sates. I have the honor to be, with due consideration, Your Excellency's most Obed[ien]t & most H[um]ble Serv[an]t. Go: Washington His Excellency Samuel Huntington.