1From George Washington to the German Reformed Congregations, June 1789 (Washington Papers)
I am happy in concurring with you in the sentiments of gratitude and piety towards Almighty-God, which are expressed with such fervency of devotion in your address; and in believing, that I shall always find in you, and the German Reformed Congregations in the United States a conduct correspondent to such worthy and pious expressions....in your persons a government founded in justice and...
2From George Washington to the Congregational Ministers of New Haven, 17 October 1789 (Washington Papers)
The Kind congratulations, contained in your address, claim and receive my grateful and affectionate thanks—respecting, as I do, the favorable opinions of Men distinguished for science and piety, it would be false delicacy to disavow the satisfaction, which I derive from their approbation of my public services, and private conduct....security of temporal peace, and the sure mean of attaining...
3From George Washington to the Presbyterian Ministers of Massachusetts and New Hampshire, 2 November 1789 (Washington Papers)
The affectionate welcome, which you are pleased to give me to the eastern parts of the union, would leave me without excuse, did I fail to acknowledge the sensibility, which it awakens, and to express the most sincere return that a grateful sense of your goodness can suggest....self-love—I am, indeed, much indebted to the favorable sentiments which you entertain towards me, and it will be my...
4From George Washington to the Clergy of Newport, Rhode Island, 18 August 1790 (Washington Papers)
in the State of Rhode Island are rendered the more acceptable on account of the liberal sentiments and just ideas which they are known to entertain respecting civil and religious liberty....endeavors to serve my country have hitherto been crowned with so much success, and apparently given such satisfaction to those in whose cause they were exerted. The same benignant influence, together with...
5From George Washington to George Washington Parke Custis, 15 November 1796 (Washington Papers)
and under cover of this letter you will receive a ten-dollar bill, to purchase a gown, &c., if proper. But as the classes may be distinguished by a different insignia, I advise you not to provide......are agreeably fixed; and I receive still more from the assurance you give of attending closely to your studies. It is you yourself who is to derive immediate benefit from these. Your country...