George Washington actually said...

"My confidence in our minister plenipotentiary in London continues undiminished."

"I have thought proper to nominate, and do hereby nominate, John Jay as envoy extraordinary of the United States to His Britannic Majesty."

"A mission like this will announce to the world a solicitude for a friendly adjustment of our complaints and a reluctance to hostility."

"Gentlemen of the Senate and of the House of Representatives:I lay before you three letters from our minister in London, advices concerning the Algerine mission from our minister at Lisbon and others, ..."