George Washington actually said...

"I now nominate Jeremiah Wadsworth to be a commissioner to hold a treaty with the Cohnawaga Indians."

"Herewith I lay before you a letter from the Attorney-General of the United States, relative to compensation to the attorneys of the United States in the several districts, which is recommended to your..."

"admission as a State, by its Delegates, into the Congress of the United States, on an equal footing with the original States in all respects whatever"

"the right of forming a permanent constitution and State government"