1Enclosure II: The President of the National Assembly of France to “The President of Congress”, [20 June 1790] (Jefferson Papers)
May the Congress of the United States, and the National Assembly of France, be the first to furnish this fine spectacle to the world! and may the individuals of the two nations connect themselves by a mutual affection, worthy of the friendship which unites the two men, at this day most illustrious by their exertions, for liberty—WASHINGTON, and LA FAYETTE.
2From the Citizens of Alexandria, Virginia, to the President of the United States, The Address of the Inhabitants of … (Washington Papers)
...instance was presented to your fellow Citizens of your Vigilance in discharging the important duties of your Station, And you have exhibited to the Nations of the World a striking proof of the candour and justice which governs the politicks of the Republick over which you preside, Sincerity good faith, and truth are Virtues belonging to the Republican character. We rejoice that they have...
3To George Washington from George Walton, 5 August 1777 (Washington Papers)
He is a man of sense and judgment, with a great experience of the
world; and, in point of bravery, he is fit to fight under the banners of General Washington. I have the happiness to be, Sir, your Excellency’s most obedient Servant,
4To George Washington from George Mason, 17 October 1769 (Washington Papers)
...is certain that there is no Warranty contain’d in the Deed; nor did I apprehend You expected one, or I shou’d have objected to it at the Time; as I have not an Acre of Land in the World with which I wou’d give a general Warranty: the Destruction of Records, the Loss of Papers, & the Negligence of the Hands thro’ which in process of Time the Lands may pass, are with me unanswerable...
5To George Washington from George McCarmick, 31 October 1786 (Washington Papers)
N.B. I hope you will Excuse me for feeing of Mr Ross for you he is the first Loyer in this part of the world, and was the Most Ablest Loyer at your tryall—and laid Down Sulch points of law that Could no be Got Over. G.M.
6To George Washington from George Augustine Washington, 25 July 1784 (Washington Papers)
...their is a probability of) that some other conveyance may be met with, I shall have this to comfort me that their cannot be a more unfavorable Climate for my complaints, I belive in any part of the world, I find myself a good deal reduced by several severe fits of the Colic I have lately had—I hope to find Bermuda a more settled Climate where I shall be able to use some exercise, which...
7To George Washington from George Plater, 22 November 1781 (Washington Papers)
...respect. Actuated by the purest public spirit, your long and steady perseverance, and anxious unremitted vigilance, under the pressure of surrounding difficulties, to save your Country from the Tyranny and oppression of a powerfull nation, exhibit to the world a character of most exalted virtue, and fill the minds of all America, with gratitude and veneration....
8To George Washington from George William Fairfax, 23 June 1785 (Washington Papers)
...to think, that the States should allow You to take the drudgery of regulating those Voluminous Accots. Fy, fy upon it, why should you my good Sir decline to accept the Compt that your Country, and all the world judge you so well merit; you must not come hither to look for such an instance of self denial. I believe it will be harder to find such a one, on this side the Atlantic, than it...
9To George Washington from George Mason, 19 March 1783 (Washington Papers)
The Custom of the World, the Manners of the Age we live in, the Voice of Nature, calls upon Relations & Friends to redress an injured Person, who from the natural weakness & Incapacity of her Sex, is deprived of the Means......Character to Your fellow-Citizens; I shou’d therefore be one of the last Men in the World, who wou’d presume to recommend to Your Countenance, or Protecton, either a...
10To George Washington from George Skene Keith, 19 November 1792 (Washington Papers)
though differently pronounced in speaking the different languages, have the same value over all the world....highly probable that these would soon become universal: at any rate great advantage would arise to the commercial intercourse of mankind that they bought and sold at a known price, a known quantity of goods in every part of the world.