1To 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,
2To 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....
3To 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...
4To George Washington from George William Fairfax, 26 March 1783 (Washington Papers)
I glory in being called an American, and trust, & hope the People who have raised their Reputation in the space of nine Years from obscruity, to the admiration of the World, will continue to Act with the same Wisdom & moderation in prosperity as
they did in adversity, in which case, they may truly be said to have Enlightened Europe.
5To George Washington from George Mason, 8 March 1779 (Washington Papers)
for I can truly say there is not a Man in the World, who more cordially wishes You every Blessing, has a higher Sense of the important Services You have rendered our common Country, or who feels more Satisfaction in being inform’d of Your prosperity and Wellfare; and if any...
6To George Washington from George Mercer, 8 March 1779 (Washington Papers)
I see so little of the World that I really know no News worth troubling you to read, especially as I understand that there is not an English News Paper that arrives, or is suffered to enter this Kingdom, but is sent to America; as...
7To George Washington from Brigadier General George Weedon, 30 March 1778 (Washington Papers)
...and I hope you will not look on my adopting the Measure so near the Approach of a Campaign as incompatable with the Gentleman, and officer, I ask but justice in the known tract of all Armies and defye the world to produce such another instance as Woodfords, unless to get rid of a worthless Officer, who Stood in the
8To George Washington from Brigadier General George Clinton, 12 September 1776 (Washington Papers)
...Country in various Places by Parties too strong for the Militia we must detach Parts of our Army to such Places to defend them or suffer the Inhabitants to be plundered & ruined And I will readilly submit to the World to determine whether a Country if unprotected by our Army will readilly draw out their Militia to reinforce it leaving their Famillies without any Degree of Defence or Safety....
9To George Washington from George William Fairfax, 5 December 1779 (Washington Papers)
...Letter dated 13th of July last, from our worthy friend Mr Nicholas, informing me, that our Assembly had very unexpectedly past an Act to Confiscate the property of British Subjects, and of all Persons, in any part of the World, other than the united States of America.
10To George Washington from Brigadier General George Weedon, 13 April 1778 (Washington Papers)
Indeed I wished it for the peace and felicity of the Army. but what must the world think when they see me tamely Submit to be banded about like a football, and subject my reputation to the command of every Individual? will they not naturally conclude that I am Callus to honor? I would ask...