1. GW notes in his cash accounts for 18 May that he had “p[ai]d into the h[an]ds of Colo. [David] Humphreys [£10] my Subs[criptio]n for 20 Vols, of his [Joel Barlow’s] Poem entitled the Visions of Columbus @ 1⅓ Dol. each”(Philadelphia Cash Accounts, 9 May–22 Sept. 1787). Two other of GW’s letters of 18 Sept. presenting copies of Barlow’s poem have been found. The one to Benjamin Franklin’s daughter, Sarah Bache (1743–1808), reads: “Genl Washington presents his respectful Compliments to Mrs Bache and prays her acceptance of Barlows Vision of Columbus. It is one of several copies for which he subscribed some years ago and has received since his arrival in this City” (AL, NjMoHP). The almost identical note to the wife of George Clymer (1739–1813), Elizabeth Meredith Clymer, reads: “Genl Washington offers Compliments and best wishes to Mrs Clymer, and begs her acceptance of Barlows Vision of Columbus—It is one of several Copies for which he subscribed some years since and received in this City” (ALS, owned [1992] by Mr. Gary Hendershott). According to the list of subscribers printed at the end of the volume, only Louis XVI of France subscribed to more copies than GW. The king received twenty-five copies and Lafayette, ten.