George Washington actually said...

"I shall think it a less evil than to disgust a government so friendly and so interesting to us as that of Portugal."

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

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

"I have received from the governor of Vermont authentic documents, expressing the consent of the legislatures of New York and of the Territory of Vermont that the said Territory shall be admitted to be..."