1From George Washington to Lewis Morris, 4 August 1775 (Washington Papers)
I have been favoured with your Letter of the 18th Ulto by Messrs Ogdan & Burr, & wish it was in my power to do that justice to the merits of those Gentlemen which you think them entitled to—whenever it is, I shall not be unmindful of your recommendations —The two or three appointments with which I have been honour’d by the Congress were partly engaged before I receiv’d your Letter, & you will...
2From George Washington to Lewis Morris, 13 December 1788 (Washington Papers)
The letter which you did me the honor to write to me on the 14th of November, has been duly received. I was well apprised of the sacrifices which you had made and the services you had rendered to your Country, during the progress of the late Revolution. Unfourtunately, from the want of a more efficient general government, the zealous advocates for and patriotic sufferers in the acquisition of...