1To George Washington from Richard Henderson, 5 June 1788 (Washington Papers)
The impression made upon me by the inclosed letter, has surmounted the hesitation I felt, at the thought of troubling you with it; for the Queries are beyond my capacity of answering, as I was desired to do, and seem worthy of attention from the greatest. I know not the writer. He lives in the north of Scotland, where the body of the people are useless to society, by the neglect of their...