To Thomas Jefferson from George Washington, 14 December 1791
From George Washington
Phila. Decr. 14th. 1791
Dear Sir
I am very glad to find that matters, after all that has happened, stand so well between the Commissioners and Majr. L’Enfant.—I am sorry, however, to hear that the work is not in a more progressive State.
Yesterday afternoon I wrote a letter, of which the enclosed is the copy to Majr. L’Enfant, and receiving his of the 10th. added the Postscript thereto.—I hope the two will have a good effect.—I am always with great regard yr. affectionate,
Go: Washington
RC (DLC); addressed: “Mr. Jefferson”; endorsed by TJ as received 14 Dec. 1791 and recorded in SJPL as: “G.W. to Th:J. Letter relative to Commissioners and Lenfant.”
Washington’s letter to L’Enfant of yesterday afternoon was his formal response to the latter’s 7 Dec. 1791 defense of his actions in pulling down Carroll’s house (see TJ’s observations on that letter in enclosure to TJ to Washington, 11 Dec. 1791; , xxxi, 442–4; and Vol. 20: 51).