To George Washington from Samuel Miller, 30 July 1795
From Samuel Miller
New York, July 30 1795.
Sir,
I do myself the honor to transmit to You, a Sermon delivered in this City, on the last Anniversary of American Independence: And also a Discourse delivered at the request of, & before the Grand Lodge of this State, on the late Festival of St John the Baptist.1
Be pleased, Sir, to receive these trifling productions, not as in themselves worthy of Your attention; but as a small testimony of that high Respect, & profound Veneration, which every American Citizen, & indeed, every lover of man, owes to your exalted character. I have the honor to be, Sir, your most obedient & most humble Servant,
Saml Miller.
ALS, DLC:GW.
1. Miller, a Presbyterian minister, sent the president A Sermon, Delivered in the New Presbyterian Church, New-York, July Fourth, 1795, being the Nineteenth Anniversary of the Independence of America: At the Request of, and before, the Mechanic, Tammany, and Democratic Societies, and the Military Officers (New York, 1795). The work remained in GW’s library at the time of his death, bound with “The Institution of the Society of the Cincinnati” and other pamphlets in a volume titled “Cincinnati” (see 142–43).
Miller also sent A Discourse Delivered in the New Presbyterian Church, New-York: before the Grand Lodge of the State of New-York, and the Brethren of that Fraternity, Assembled in General Communication, on the Festival of St. John the Baptist, June 24th, 1795 (New York, 1795). The work remained in GW’s library at the time of his death, bound with other pamphlets in a volume titled “Masonic Sermons” (see 142).