George Washington: “True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity, before it is entitled…”

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

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

Satisfied, therefore, that you have sincerely wished and endeavored to avert war, and exhausted to the last drop the cup of reconciliation, we can with pure hearts appeal to Heaven for the justice of our cause.

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