GW at Philadelphia. Alexandria, Va. merchant George Gilpin wrote a letter to GW explaining that he had surveyed the announced boundaries of the federal capital and found that corrections needed to be made to them.

Former soldier William Hull wrote GW asking for an appointment to head tax collection efforts on distilled liquor in Middlesex County, but received no formal appointment. Francis Nichols, a contractor for the office of finance, solicited a similar post, but received no such appointment.