George Washington Papers

From George Washington to Noah Webster, 4 November 1787

To Noah Webster

Mount Vernon 4th Novr 1787.

Sir,

I have received your letter of the 17th ulto, together with your remarks on the proposed Constitution;1 for which you will please to accept my best acknowledgments—and the assurance of being Sir

AL[S], NN: Washington Collection.

1Letter not found. Webster published in Philadelphia on 17 Oct. his 55–page pamphlet entitled An Examination into the Leading Principles of the Federal Constitution Proposed by the Late Convention Held at Philadelphia. With Answers to the Principal Objections That Have Been Raised against the System.

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