Recommends Fishbourne Wharton as a Clerk
Document 1798Wolcott recommends Fishbourne Wharton as a clerk or secretary to a general officer. Wharton comes from a respectable Quaker family. He lists Wharton's qualifications as amiable, intelligent, and well qualified. Wharton has a sensitive constitution and would prefer office work to field work.
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Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Wolcott recommends Fishbourne Wharton as a clerk or secretary to a general officer. Wharton comes from a respectable Quaker family. He lists Wharton's qualifications as amiable, intelligent, and well qualified. Wharton has a sensitive constitution and would prefer office work to field work.
Date
08/09/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Philadelphia
Repository
Collection
Document number
1798080960001
Page start
1
Note
Cited in Hamilton to Wolcott, 08/21/1798.
Notable persons
Alexander Hamilton
Oliver Wolcott ,Jr.
Fishburne Wharton
President Wharton
Society of Friends
clerk
secretary
Quaker
general officer
Secretary of Treasury
Notable locations
New Jersey
Trenton
Philadelphia