11From George Washington to Pierre L’Enfant, 1 January 1787 (Washington Papers)
The Letter which you did me the honor of writing to me the 6th ulto together with the Memorial which accompanied it came safe, after some delay. Without entering into the merits of the latter, which I could only do as an individual, I shall regret that your zeal for the honor, & your wishes to advance what you conceived to be the interests of the Society of the Cincinnati, should have led you...