1From George Washington to William Wootton Brewer, 29 September 1793 (Washington Papers)
A Letter from you of the 20th inst: has been received, stating the distressed & truly affecting situation in which you are. Could my ability to do it, keep pace with my sincere desire to relieve the wants of the distressed, the request made in your letter to me would be chearfully complied with; but the numerous & pressing calls upon me for pecuniary aid from real objects of charity, & from...