MS 0074-01-01-002
4 August 1789
A document from President George Washington appointing John Scott as the first collector a the port of Chester, Maryland. The form is mostly typeset, though the date and the names of the person, port, and state are completed in a handwritten script. This appointment is dated August 4, 1789 and is signed by George Washington.
English
[item identification], Scott family papers, MS 0074, Archives and Special Collections, Washington College, Chestertown, Maryland.