1From George Washington to John Witherspoon, 10 March 1784 (Washington Papers)
The recourse which I have had to my papers since I returned home, reminds me of a question which you asked me in Philadelphia, respecting my Lands to the westward of the Allighaney mountains; to which I was unprepared, at that time to give a decided answer, either as to the quantity I had to let, or the terms upon which I would Lease them. Upon examination, I find that I have Patents under the...