George Washington actually said...

"I therefore required your attendance to receive nominations of the several officers necessary to put the Federal Government into motion in that State."

"For this purpose I nominate Nathaniel Chipman to be judge of the district of Vermont; Stephen Jacobs to be attorney for the United States in the district of Vermont; Lewis R. Morris to be marshal of t..."

"I have therefore thought it expedient to nominate Thomas Auldjo to be vice-consul for the United States at the port of Poole, in Great Britain."

"I also nominate James Yard, of Pennsylvania, to be consul for the United States in the island of Santa Cruz."