From Timothy Pickering
Department of State[,] Trenton, New Jersey, 6 Octr 1798.
Sir
The President of the United States being desirous of availing the public of your Services as one of the Associate Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States, I have now the honor of enclosing the commission and of expressing the Sentiments of respect with which I am, Sir, Your most obed. Servt
Timothy Pickering.
Bushrod Washington Esqr. Richmond Virginia
LS, MHi: Timothy Pickering Papers.