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From George Washington to Samuel Ashe, 25 January 1797

VII
To Samuel Ashe

United States 25th January 1797

I have received your very friendly letter of the 30th of last month, covering the address of the General Assembly of the State of North Carolina.1

The Sentiments expressed by the General Assembly, and their testimony of the usefulness of my public services, while honorable and grateful to me personally, I value still more as a citizen of the country to whose freedom and prosperity those Services have been devoted.

The continuance of these blessings will depend on the virtue, fortitude and union of its citizens: and as the exercise of these qualities are essential to our safety and happiness, so I trust they will be displayed.

My highest gratification during the remainder of my life will be to participate in the National prosperity: and in my retirement the kind wishes and affectionate attachment of my fellow-citizens will be among my most pleasing recollections.

I must pray you to communica⟨te⟩ these sentiments to the General Assemb⟨ly⟩, with my cordial acknowledgments for thei⟨r⟩ Address; and to accept yourself my than⟨ks⟩ for the obliging expressions which accompan⟨i⟩ed its transmission to me.

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ALS (letterpress copy), DLC:GW; LB, Nc-Ar: Governor’s Letterbooks; LB, DLC:GW. Mutilated portions of the ALS are supplied in angle brackets from the LB in Nc-Ar.

1. See Document IV, and the source note to that document.

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    “From George Washington to Samuel Ashe, 25 January 1797,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/05-21-02-0010-0008. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Presidential Series, vol. 21, 22 September 1796–3 March 1797, ed. Adrina Garbooshian-Huggins. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2020, pp. 27–28.]