1From George Washington to John Gabriel Gebhard, 5 November 1783 (Washington Papers)
I am favored with your Letter of the 15 September. The happiness I experience in enjoying the affections and esteem of my Country and the satisfaction I feel in having done my utmost to support their just Cause and promote their common good are, to me, the best rewards and beyond which I have none to wish for. Tho’ I cannot but be sensibly impressed by the many declarations of Respect to me in...
2From George Washington to John Gabriel Gebhard, 26 May 1789 (Washington Papers)
I have received your letter of the 18th inst: and thank you very sincerely for your good wishes & favourable sentiments, as well as for the polite offer which you make of rendering me any service in your power while you may be in Europe. So far as relates to me personally I know of nothing, at present, that I wish to have transacted in that part of the world; and as to the offer of your...