1From George Washington to the Officials of Washington College, 11 July 1789 (Washington Papers)
Your very affectionate address and the honorary testimony of your regard which accompanied it call forth my grateful acknowledgements. A recollection of past events and the happy termination of our glorious struggle for the establishment of the rights of man cannot fail to inspire every feeling heart with veneration and gratitude towards the great Ruler of events, who has so manifestly...