Creating the United States

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George Washington Accepts Call to Presidency

George Washington Accepts Call to Presidency (079.04.00)

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Charles Thomson (1729–1824), secretary of the Continental Congress, presented the formal notification from John Langdon (1741–1819), president pro tempore of the United States Senate, that George Washington had been unanimously elected president of the United States. This letterbook copy records the brief letter of acceptance George Washington wrote to Senator Langdon. Washington left almost immediately for New York, where he was inaugurated president on April 30, 1789.

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“Having concluded to obey the important and flattering call of my Country . . .”


Charles Thomson (1729–1824), secretary of the Continental Congress, presented the formal notification from John Langdon (1741–1819), president pro tempore of the United States Senate, that George Washington had been unanimously elected president of the United States. This letterbook copy records the brief letter of acceptance George Washington wrote to Senator Langdon. Washington left almost immediately for New York, where he was inaugurated president on April 30, 1789.