USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -While the current presidential cabinet includes sixteen members, George Washington’s cabinet included just four original members: Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson, Secretary of Treasury Alexander Hamilton, Secretary of War Henry Knox, and Attorney General Edmund Randolph.

Detailed explanation-2: -His sympathy for the French Revolution led him into conflict with Alexander Hamilton when Jefferson was Secretary of State in President Washington’s Cabinet.

Detailed explanation-3: -On that day, the president of the United States sent his first cabinet nomination to the Senate for its “advice and consent.” Minutes later, perhaps even before the messenger returned to the president’s office, senators approved unanimously the appointment of Alexander Hamilton to be secretary of the treasury.

Detailed explanation-4: -They had worked together amiably and for much of their lives were friends, if not close ones. Both were masters of great Virginia plantations. They served together in the Virginia legislature and in the Continental Congress, Jefferson drafted the Declaration of Independence and Washington was named Commander-in-Chief.

Detailed explanation-5: -They are expressing their concerns, they want to tell him their side of the story. They are having disagreements about the government. We can tell because they both are telling George Washington their perspective and you can kind of tell what they are arguing about after reading the letters.