George Washington Papers

To George Washington from R., 15 January 1787

From R.

[c.15 January 1787]

Your Character, Sir, is beyond the reach of applause. Nothing that is mortal can add to it. To engage again would bring you back to a Man. You think as I do as far as your Modesty will permit, I know you do. I love & reverence you, therefore have a Right to your Pardon for this apparently impertinent Card. No Creature living but ourselves shall ever know it was written. I am, without flattery, your adorer.

⟨R.⟩

LS, DLC:GW. The signature begins apparently with the letter R and trails off into an intentionally illegible scrawl. GW docketed it: “anonimous.”

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    To George Washington from R., 15 January 1787
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    R.
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    Washington, George
    Date
    15 January 1787

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    “To George Washington from R., 15 January 1787,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/04-04-02-0445. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Confederation Series, vol. 4, 2 April 1786 – 31 January 1787, ed. W. W. Abbot. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1995, p. 523.]