Albert Beveridge: “But in truth it is a question upon which I never entertained a scintilla of doubt; and have never yet heard an argument…”

The Richmond Whig and Public Advertiser said that "no man has lived or died in this country, save its father George Washington alone, who united such a warmth of affection for his person, with so deep and unaffected a respect for his…

There can be little doubt that a majority of the people did not favor the Constitution when adopted by the Convention and ratified by the States.

There was about him so little of 'the insolence of office,' and so much of the benignity of the man, that his presence always produced ... the most delightful impressions.

These had power To charm through life and cheer his dying hour.