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...