George Washington actually said...

I have directed Mr. Morris to discontinue his communications with them.

I employed Mr. Gouverneur Morris, who was on the spot, and without giving him any definite character, to enter informally into the conferenc...

I have received from the governor of Vermont authentic documents, expressing the consent of the legislatures of New York and of the Territor...

In order that you may be fully informed of the situation of the frontiers and the prospect of hostility in that quarter, I lay before you th...