George Washington: “I lay before you a copy of a return of the number of inhabitants in the district of South Carolina as made to me by the…”

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

I have always considered marriage as the most interesting event of one's life, the foundation of happiness or misery.

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.