From George Washington to Elias Boudinot, 27 November 1793
To Elias Boudinot
Philadelphia 27th Novr 1793.
Dear Sir,
I have been duly favoured with your letter of the 12th instt and the Pamphlet which accompanied it. I am sensible of the honor you have done me in the Address, and am grateful for the flattering expression of it.
Sure I am, I shall peruse the sentiments which you have breathed in the Pamphlet with pleasure as soon as my leizure will allow me to read it. At present I am occupied in collecting & arranging the materials for my communications to Congress.
With best wishes for the health & happiness of Mrs Boudinot & yourself and with very great esteem & regard I am—Dear Sir Your Most Obedt Hble Servt
Go: Washington
ALS (photocopy), American Art Association, Autograph Letters and Documents, Including Important Portions of the Collections of Alexander W. Hannah of Pasedena and Joseph Husband of Nantucket, Dec. 2–3, 1926, item 320; ADfS, PWacD: Sol Feinstone Collection, on deposit at PPAmP; LB, DLC:GW.