1From George Washington to Mauduit Du Plessis, 8 January 1788 (Washington Papers)
I have to acknowledge the reception of your three letters, viz. of the 12th of Feby the 26th of March and the 20th July. I was exceedingly sorry to hear of the disasters which you met with after you left this place, before you reached Georgia, and was very unhappy to find, when you arrived there, that your expectations, with respect to your property were so much disappointed, and that your...