To George Washington from Timothy Pickering, 15 September 1796
From Timothy Pickering
Thursday Evening [15 September 1796]
Sir
The paper you put into my hands to-day was attentively perused by us all.1 I am now going over it by myself, but it will not be possible to get thro’ in time to return it before bed-time. Before breakfast in the morning I will wait upon you with it. I am most respectfully your obt servt
T. Pickering
ALS, DLC:GW. The date is taken from the docket.
1. Pickering probably commented on a copy of GW’s farewell address.
Richard Peters later claimed that GW showed the draft to Pickering, “who returned it without any Correction exactly as it is printed” (Peters to John Jay, 14 April 1811, in 273–76; quote on 275).