Washington, George, as First President

Manuscript document signed ("G:^{o Washington"), one half slip (5 1/2 x 7 1/2 in.; 140 x 190 mm), Philadelphia, 1 March 1791, to New Hampshire Senator Paine Wingate, requesting his presence in the Senate Chamber 4 March; mounted on wove paper, light trace of mat burn, closed internal tear slightly affecting the "G" and "W" in Washington's signature.}

Washington Papers, Presidential Series, 7: 509-510

Manuscript document signed ("G:o Washington"), one half slip (5 1/2 x 7 1/2 in.; 140 x 190 mm), Philadelphia, 1 March 1791, to New Hampshire Senator Paine Wingate, requesting his presence in the Senate Chamber 4 March; mounted on wove paper, light trace of mat burn, closed internal tear slightly affecting the "G" and "W" in Washington's signature.
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Washington convenes a special session of the Senate to admit Vermont into the Union as the fourteenth state; this executive order is addressed to Senator Paine Wingate of New Hampshire.  Vermont's border disputes with New York and New Hampshire had finally been resolved by 1790. The Senate was called into session 4 March 1791 to confirm Vermont's admission to the Union and the officers of the state whom Washington had nominated.

At the same special session, the Senate also confirmed the military appointments—including that of Arthur St. Clair as Major General—made by Washington pursuant to "An act for raising and adding another regiment to the Military Establishment of the United States, and making further provision for the protection of the frontiers."