1From George Washington to Pusignan, 25 September 1785 (Washington Papers)
It is not fourteen days since I was honored with your letter of the 16th of last Octr; to what cause the delay is to be ascribed I am unable to inform you; but lest this answer with the inclosure should meet with any accident, I dispatch it under cover to Count de Rochambeau at Paris. I am sorry Sir, it is not in my power to comply with your wishes in regard to the Order of the Cincinnati. The...
2To George Washington from Pusignan, 16 October 1784 (Washington Papers)
Anxious to partake of the military honors, with the Officers of your Country, where I served under Count Rochambeau, during the stay of the French Army in America; I addressed myself to Doctor Franklin, persuaded you had commissioned him to admit into the Order of Cincinnatus, those who were entitled to it. He told me I must apply to you, the President of the Order—I should not Sir, have...