GW at Philadelphia. GW wrote George Gilpin, a director of the Potowmack Company, informing him that he had selected Andrew Ellicott for the job of surveying the lands of the nation’s future capital. GW asked Gilpin to assist Ellicott in any way possible.

N.J. politician Aaron Dunham wrote GW asking for an appointment as Inspector of Revenue for the state of N.J., an appointment he would later receive.