George Washington: “My confidence in our minister plenipotentiary in London continues undiminished.”

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.

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

To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace.

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.