1From George Washington to Botetourt, 5 October 1770 (Washington Papers)
Being fully convincd of your Lordships Inclination to render every just and reasonable Service to the People you Govern, & to any Society or body of them that shall ask it; and being in a more particular manner encouragd by a Letter which I have just receivd from Mr Blair (Clerk of the Council) to believe, that your Excellency is desirous of knowing how far the Grant of Land sollicited by Mr...