1To George Washington from Jean Gibo, 22 May 1788 (Washington Papers)
Pardon me for presuming to take the Liberty of troubling your Excellency, to whom every moment is so precious—your name so much respected among us was the Cause I did not in the smallest degree hesitate to Comply with every request that your dear Nephew Mr Ferdinand Washington ever made to me; when at the Warm Springs I supplied him with every thing he asked me for, and when I was returning...