1From George Washington to Frances Bassett Washington, 18 August 1793 (Washington Papers)
I was unable this day wee[k—] a day I devote in part, to writing letters of private concernment—to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 7th instant. As I shall always be sincerely disposed to give you my opinion upon any, and every point you may desire respecting the management of your Estate, or the Children, it is my ⟨w⟩ish that you would never be backward in laying them before me....