1From George Washington to Thomas Nelson, Jr., 3 August 1788 (Washington Papers)
Your letter of the 19th Ulto came duly to hand and could I have been of any service in the affair to which it refers no apology would have been necessary for requesting it. I have no white Ditcher with me at present but a Dutch Redemptioner —Nor has there ever lived with me one—to the best of my recollection—of the name of Clarke. Last year I employed a man who called himself James Lawson—He...