1To George Washington from Cadwallader Ford, Jr., 27 October 1789 (Washington Papers)
Massachusetts Middlesex County Wilmington Sr October the 27th 1789 Duty and gratitude, obliges me to Express the greatest Hapiness in your safe Arival, and the Honor you confer on this Commonwealth and the Inhabitants thereof by your Visit to the Capital And Other Places. I Think my self happy, and it gives me the greatest pleasure once more to Behold that Character which the King of Kings...