Harrison, Richard (1750-1841) to Tobias Lear
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02794.020 Author/Creator: Harrison, Richard (1750-1841) Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1792/01/10 Pagination: 1 p. + address 20.5 x 8 cm Order a Copy
Harrison writes from the Auditor's Office: "I request the favor of your informing me on what day William Lewis Esquire resigned his Commission as Judge of the district of Pennsylvania." Docketed on address leaf.
Harrison was a merchant in Alexandria, Virginia before becoming the unofficial United States consul to Spain from 1780-1786, though he was officially appointed in 1790. He became an auditor in the Treasury Department in 1791 and served in that position until 1836.
Sir Auditiors Office to Jany [sic] 1792
I request the favor of your informing me on what day William Lewis Esquire resigned his Commission as Judge of the district of Pennsylvania.
With much Respect,
I am Yr. obev hble [illegible],
R. Harrison
Tobias Lear Esquire
[address]
Tobias Lear Esquire
Secretary to the President of
The United States
From
R. Harrison Esq.
10th Jany 1792.
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