1From George Washington to William Vans Murray, 3 December 1797 (Washington Papers)
Your favors of the 26th of August (and a duplicate) and 16th and 17th of Septr with the enclosures, have been duly received; and meet, as they ought, my particular thanks. The letter alluded to in the first, is yet missing, but may, notwithstanding, get to hand. I feel much obliged by your polite attention to me; and though in retirement, you can receive little more in return from me than...