ALS, Gratz Collection, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
We are to day to go on the business of departments. & the bills being ready there will not be much difficulty in Getting them thru the treasury, being the Most Important Engages, the public attention most I mean as to the persons who are to execute it I suspect extreamly there will not be a Pensylvanian in it— a Secy. or Minister, a Comptroller & Auditor—are the principles— will have extensive Dutys and Important dutys and ought to be men of Superior Capacity in their different lines— these first appointments will not only give a tone to the business— but even a Complexion to the Governmt— I hope a Good one tho I Acknowledge the difficulty of Getting men in all respects fit is Great.
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Documentary History of the First Federal Congress of
the United States of America,
ed. Charlene Bickford, et al. (Columbia, S.C.: Model Editions Partnership,
2002). XML version based on unpublished letters.
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