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George Washington to District Commissioner David Stuart
November 30, 1792
This letter to Stuart, who was also the president's step-son-in-law, is a private message written after L'Enfant's resignation. Washington writes about the need to hire a superintendent to execute the commission's decisions and regrets that L'Enfant could not be that person. He also suggests that surveyor Andrew Ellicott ready L'Enfant's plan for engraving, thus launching the development of the seat of government. |