Having lately heard, that the appointment of the officers of the federal court will be vested in the judges, I take the liberty of asking your opinion, whether it would be worth my while to solicit the office of attorney in the federal… Continue Reading [Excerpt] To George Washington, 1 July 1789

     The convention has hitherto made a very slow progress towards finishing the business before them, and leads me to apprehend, that we shall be detained here much longer than I at first expected.

     We have lately instituted a society in these lower counties, called the Patriotic Society.

     The motives, which gave birth to the Society, were these.