1From George Washington to Anna Welsh, 8 December 1788 (Washington Papers)
I received your melancholy letter by the last Mail; and could not delay to express my sympathetic condolence on your unhappy situation. It is indeed distressing to me to find that a Lady, whose husband and Brother perished in the service of their country, should be reduced to a precarious dependence on others for that support, which she might otherwise have received from them. Your affecting...