1To George Washington from James Bowdoin, Jr., 3 December 1791 (Washington Papers)
The Regard, I am persuaded, your Excellency entertained for my late Father: the Respect, which his private, as well as public Character induced, whilst it should inspire a general Desire, to emulate his Virtues, ought in a peculiar Manner, to create in me, a Disposition, to tread in his Footsteps. These Considerations, added to a supposed Ability, to serve the United States, ⟨mutilated⟩ in the...