1From 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...