1To George Washington from Joseph Mandrillon, June 1789 (Washington Papers)
La modestie qui fait sans cesse la base de vos vertus, vous dira peutêtre de me refuser la grace que je vous demande: mais si Votre Excellence réflechit sur le motif de ma priere, sa justice et sa bonté lui diront quelque chose en ma faveur. Je desire posseder votre portrait, je desire enfin pouvoir contempler dans les traits de Votre Excellence, ces caracteres moraux que j’ai eu tant de...
2To George Washington from Joseph Mandrillon, 15 June 1789 (Washington Papers)
The uncertainty which I am in whether my letters get safe to your hands or not, has determined me to embrace the opportunity which offers by Mr Theophilus Cazeneau a distinguished Citizen of this City, to confirm to you, my General, the transmission which I have had the honor to make to you of my Fragments of political literature in which I have presumed to place some of your virtues. I pray...
3To George Washington from Joseph Mandrillon, 4 December 1789 (Washington Papers)
The kind indulgence which you have deigned to give my productions, is a benefit which expands my soul with a joy which can only be equalled by the sentiment of acknowledgement & gratitude; and to express which, one must possess that elevation—that sublimity of idea which nature has but rarely given to man—and which has been so happily bestowed upon you for the benefit of your country, & for...
4To George Washington from Joseph Mandrillon, 9 January 1790 (Washington Papers)
I have the honour of sending to your Excellency a Copy of my letter to the National Assembly —it is a part of my patriotic wishes to which I pray your Excellency to add it after the preface—Mr Cazenove who has saild from London for America, is charged to offer a copy of my wishes to your Excellency, and I pray you to accept them with the same indulgence and the same goodness with which you...
5To George Washington from Joseph Mandrillon, 1 June 1790 (Washington Papers)
Rue des ⟨J⟩euners no. 26. My General, Paris June 1. 1790. The letter with which your Excellency has honored me of the 29. of august last, and which accompanied a copy of that excellent work, the history of the insurrection in Massachusetts, is a new favor, which I appreciate in all its extent. Happy, if with the aid of your indulgence, I may be able to justify the good opinion which you have...