1From Bartholomew Dandridge, Jr., to Giuseppe Ceracchi, 9 May 1795 (Washington Papers)
I am directed by the President of the United States to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 7th instt and that of the present date; and to express to you his regret at your dispair of bringing your plan of a national monument to a fortunate issue. Whether there are sufficient grounds for despair, or whether more time may not be necessary to give the Subscription papers a fairer trial...