1From George Washington to the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, 3 January 1792 (Washington Papers)
I receive your kind Congratulations with the purest sensations of fraternal affection: And from a heart deeply impressed with your generous wishes for my present and future happiness, I beg you to accept my thanks. At the same time I request you will be assured of my best wishes and earnest prayers for your happiness while you remain in this terrestial Mansion, and that we may hereafter meet...