1To George Washington from Guy Carleton, 12 May 1783 (Washington Papers)
I can have no objection to the giving of your Excellency, in writing, full information of the measures taken for the evacuation of this place, nor should I have had any to the noting of the whole of our conversation and preserving it in minutes: mistakes or misconstruction might thereby be prevented. Very soon after the orders for a cessation of hostilities were received here, letters were...
2To George Washington from Armand-Louis de Gontaut Biron, duc de Lauzun, 12 May 1783 (Washington Papers)
I cannot Leave America without present your Excellency my most grateful Aknowledgements for the kind and flattering Letter you have honored me with; The remembrance of your friendship will forever be dear and glorious to me. I had expected the pleasure to pay you my respects in Virginia, and I am extremly disappointed to go to france So Soon. I hope you will not give up the Plan of a Tour in...