Incessant Harassment of the Executive
Document 1793Washington asks the heads of the department to reconsider the expediency of directing the Custom House officers to be attentive to arming and equipping vessels other than for offensive and defensive purposes. Unless this is done, the excecutive will be incessantly harassed with complaints.
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To the heads of the Departments
and the Attorney General. [133]
Gentlemen [Pub. 361]
I [undecipherable] not [undecipherable] [undecipherable] I
concur, at the meeting you are about
to have to day— to reconsider the expediency
of directing the Custom house Officers to be
attentive to the arming or equipping [Ves-
sels]— either for offensive or [undecipherable] [undecipherable]
in the several Ports to which they belong
— and make Report thereof to the [Governor?]
or some other proper Officer. —
Unless this, or some other effectu-
al mode is adopted to check this evil in
the first stage of its growth, the Executive
of the United States will be incessantly
harrassed with complaints [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable]
[undecipherable] when it may be difficult to
afford a remedy.
Phil. 29th July 1793. — G. Washington
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Washington asks the heads of the department to reconsider the expediency of directing the Custom House officers to be attentive to arming and equipping vessels other than for offensive and defensive purposes. Unless this is done, the excecutive will be incessantly harassed with complaints.
Date
07/29/1793
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Philadelphia
Repository
Collection
Document number
1793072940001
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Notable persons
Heads of the Department
George Washington
Attorney General
Edmund Randolph
Custom House officers
Governor
Notable locations
Philadelphia
several ports
Notable items
arming or equipping vessels
vessels
customs houses
offensive or defensive
incessantly harassed