1To George Washington from Richard Henderson, 26 November 1795 (Washington Papers)
I address you, because I am known to you, & to no other trustee of the public; & because I believe that nothing which concerns the public interest is below your notice. When Colo. Rochefontaine came in May last to view this place for an Arsenal, I was not disposed to sell a part. On the 3d October my brother informed me that Genl Henry Lee desired to purchase the property of this Company, for...