1To George Washington from Silas Deane, 25 June 1789 (Washington Papers)
Altho no man can more sincerely rejoice on your once more receiving The highest honors, in the power of any country to confer, I still should not have Thought myself justified in requesting the least degree of your attention to me, or to any concern of mine, were not the public justice, & I may add, the honor of my Country in some degree interested. It is now more than Ten Years since I have...