1To George Washington from Charles-Guillaume-Frédéric Dumas, 13 June 1789 (Washington Papers)
It is impossible for the oldest Diplomatic Servant of the United States to suppress the joy which he feels at the happy news of the eminent dignity which has been conferred on Your Excellency by the unanimous voice of the Sages appointed for that purpose by the freest People on Earth, without highly participating in it with this noble People, and with them paying to your Excellency the justest...
2From George Washington to Charles-Guillaume-Frédéric Dumas, 30 June 1790 (Washington Papers)
This late acknowledgement of the receipt of your letter of the 6th of November 1789, and the little box which accompanied it, might require some particular apology had I only my own private concerns to attend to; but when important public duties require my constant attention every allowance must be made for the want of punctuality in those things which regard me individually. I beg, Sir, that...