Thomas Mifflin to Clement Biddle arranging transportation for George Washington - American History 1493-1945

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Field name	Value
Collection Reference Number	GLC00297.02
From Archive Folder	Signers of the Constitution
Title	Thomas Mifflin to Clement Biddle arranging transportation for George Washington
Date	24 April 1794
Author	Mifflin, Thomas (1744-1800)
Recipient	Biddle, Clement
Document Type	Correspondence
Content Description	Mifflin, Governor of Pennsylvania, writes to Colonel Biddle, Pennsylvania Quartermaster General, regarding the transportation of President George Washington to Philadelphia. Instructs Biddle to prepare the vessel the New Line, as he wishes "to put the best Foot forward on this occasion."
Subjects	President Government and Civics Transportation
People	Biddle, Clement (1740-1814) Mifflin, Thomas (1744-1800) Washington, George (1732-1799)
Theme	The Presidency
Sub-collection	The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859
Additional Information	Signer of the U.S. Constitution.
Copyright	The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module	Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859
Transcript	Show/hide …Mr. Tho Humphreys has just informed me that the Schooner you have engaged is not a proper Vessel for our President - That the large Sloop riggd packet of the New Line is arrived & that you may have her…I anxiously want to put the best Foot forward [struck: I illegible] on this Occasion...