George Washington: “It contains a regular, full, and definitive relinquishment on the part of the Creek Nation of the Oconee land.”

I have finally determined to accept the commission of Commander in Chief of the armies of the United States.

Believe me, sir, no one can more cordially approve of the wise and prudent measures of your Administration.

I must not conceal from you my earnest wish that the choice had fallen upon a man less declined in years and better qualified to encounter the usual vicissitudes of war.

It is with peculiar satisfaction I can say, that prompted by a high sense of duty in my attendance on public worship, I have been gratified by the liberal and interesting discourses delivered in your Churches.