Retirement Series (4 March 1797–13 December 1799) | Volume 1 (4 March 1797–30 December 1797) | Documents
Henry Hill to George Washington, 4 March 1797Matthias Slough to George Washington, 4 March 1797George Washington to Elizabeth Graeme Fergusson, 5 March 1797George Washington to George Ball, 6 March 1797Oliver Ellsworth to George Washington, 6 March 1797George Washington to Caleb Gibbs, 6 March 1797William Hamilton to George Washington, 6 March 1797George Washington to Elizabeth Willing Powel, 6 March 1797George Washington to Rhode Island Society of the Cincinnati, 6 March 1797George Washington to John Sinclair, 6 March 1797Madame Bacler Van Berckel to George Washington, 6 March 1797George Washington to Jeremiah Wadsworth, 6 March 1797Elias Boudinot to George Washington, 7 March 1797Lewis Peabody to George Washington, 7 March 1797James Anderson to George Washington, 8 March 1797George Washington to Bartholomew Dandridge, Jr., 8 March 1797George Washington to Tobias Lear, 9 March 1797Arthur Fenner to George Washington, 10 March 1797George Washington to Tobias Lear, 10 March 1797Elizabeth Willing Powel to George Washington, 11–13 March 1797Address of Baltimore City Council, 12 March 1797Landon Carter to George Washington, 12 March 1797George Washington to Tobias Lear, 12 March 1797John Fitzgerald and James Craik to George Washington, 13 March 1797Edmund Pendleton to George Washington, 13 March 1797George Washington to Timothy Pickering, 14 March 1797Thomas Erskine to George Washington, 15 March 1797Tobias Lear to George Washington, 15 March 1797Tobias Lear to George Washington, 20 March 1797Francis Peyton, Jr., to George Washington, 20 March 1797Timothy Pickering to George Washington, 21 March 1797Gustavus Scott to George Washington, 21 March 1797Alexander Spotswood to George Washington, 22 March 1797John Turberville to George Washington, 22 March 1797James McHenry to George Washington, 24 March 1797William Bingham to George Washington, 25 March 1797George Washington Parke Custis to George Washington, 25 March 1797George Washington to Tobias Lear, 25 March 1797George Washington to Elizabeth Willing Powel, 26 March 1797George Washington to Alexander Spotswood, 26 March 1797James Gillis to George Washington, 28 March 1797John Sinclair to George Washington, 29 March 1797Joseph Fay to George Washington, 30 March 1797George Lewis to George Washington, 31 March 1797 [letter not found]Alexander Spotswood to George Washington, 31 March 1797Priscilla Beale to George Washington, 2 April 1797Farm Reports, 2–8 April 1797George Washington to Henry Lee, Jr., 2 April 1797George Washington to George Washington Parke Custis, 3 April 1797George Washington to Bartholomew Dandridge, Jr., 3 April 1797George Washington to James McHenry, 3 April 1797George Washington to Bartholomew Dandridge, 5 April 1797 [letter not found]Thomas Hatfield to George Washington, 5 April 1797Timothy Pickering to George Washington, 5 April 1797Timothy Pickering to George Washington, 5 April 1797Isaac Price to George Washington, 5 April 1797James McHenry to George Washington, 6 April 1797Battaile Muse to George Washington, 6 April 1797George Washington to James Anderson (of Scotland), 7 April 1797Bartholomew Dandridge, Jr., to George Washington, 8 April 1797Farm Reports, 9–15 April 1797George Washington to George Lewis, 9 April 1797John Eager Howard to George Washington, 10 April 1797James McHenry to George Washington, 10 April 1797Robert Morris to George Washington, 10 April 1797George Washington to Timothy Pickering, 10 April 1797Alexander Smith to George Washington, 10 April 1797Timothy Pickering to George Washington, 11 April 1797Henry Lee, Jr., to George Washington, 15 April 1797George Lewis to George Washington, 15 April 1797Farm Reports, 16–22 April 1797William Heath to George Washington, 17 April 1797Oliver Wolcott, Jr., to George Washington, 19 April 1797Reed & Forde to George Washington, 20 April 1797Timothy Pickering to George Washington, 21 April 1797William Charles Cole Claiborne to George Washington, 22 April 1797George Washington to Gustavus Scott, 22 April 1797Elizabeth Foote Washington to George Washington, 22 April 1797Farm Reports, 23–29 April 1797Gustavus Scott to George Washington, 23 April 1797George Ball to George Washington, 24 April 1797Joshua Humphreys to George Washington, 24 April 1797George Washington to Paul Revere et al., 24 April 1797St. George Tucker to George Washington, 24 April 1797Elizabeth Foote Washington to George Washington, 24 April 1797Saunders A. Read to George Washington, 25 April 1797Gustavus Scott to George Washington, 25 April 1797John Trumbull to George Washington, 25 April 1797Rufus King to George Washington, 26 April 1797Patrick McCarty to George Washington, 26 April 1797George Gilpin to George Washington, 27 April 1797Miles King to George Washington, 27 April 1797Timothy Pickering to George Washington, 27 April 1797George Washington to Timothy Pickering, 28 April 1797George Washington to Gustavus Scott, 28 April 1797 [letter not found]Gustavus Scott to George Washington, 29 April 1797George Washington to John Eager Howard, 30 April 1797George Washington to Enoch Edwards, 1 May 1797George Washington to Mary White Morris, 1 May 1797William Herbert to George Washington, 2 May 1797Oliver Wolcott, Jr., to George Washington, 2 May 1797George Washington to George Ball, 7 May 1797George Washington to James McAlpin, 7 May 1797Mary White Morris to George Washington, 9 May 1797Ludwell Lee to George Washington, 11 May 1797Gustavus Scott to George Washington, 11 May 1797George Pearson to George Washington, 12 May 1797James McHenry to George Washington, 14 May 1797James McAlpin to George Washington, 15 May 1797George Washington to Stephen Milburn, 15 May 1797George Washington to Oliver Wolcott, Jr., 15 May 1797James Angell to George Washington, 16 May 1797Timothy Pickering to George Washington, 16 May 1797Landon Carter to George Washington, 18 May 1797Samuel Stanhope Smith to George Washington, 18 May 1797 [letter not found]Oliver Wolcott, Jr., to George Washington, 18 May 1797George Washington to Reed & Forde, 19 May 1797George Washington to William Heath, 20 May 1797William Neil to George Washington, 21 May 1797Newburgh Burroughs to George Washington, 22 May 1797George Washington to George Washington Parke Custis, 22 May 1797William Hartshorne to George Washington, 24 May 1797George Washington to Samuel Stanhope Smith, 24 May 1797Thomas Dockery to George Washington, 25 May 1797George Washington to Clement Biddle, 28 May 1797George Washington to Thomas Pinckney, 28 May 1797George Washington Parke Custis to George Washington, 29 May 1797George Washington to James McHenry, 29 May 1797George Washington to Oliver Wolcott, Jr., 29 May 1797George Washington to William Charles Cole Claiborne, 30 May 1797George Washington to St. George Tucker, 30 May 1797Tobias Lear to George Washington, 31 May 1797Oliver Wolcott, Jr., to George Washington, 31 May 1797Charles Landon Carter to George Washington, 2 June 1797Callohill Mennis to George Washington, 2 June 1797George Washington to George Washington Parke Custis, 4 June 1797Reed & Forde to George Washington, 5 June 1797Timothy Pickering to George Washington, 6 June 1797George Washington to Daniel Jenifer, Jr., 7 June 1797George Washington to Oliver Wolcott, Jr., 7 June 1797George Washington to Clement Biddle, 8 June 1797Clement Biddle to George Washington, 8 June 1797George Washington Parke Custis to George Washington, 8 June 1797Jedidiah Morse to George Washington, 8 June 1797John Sinclair to George Washington, 9 June 1797David Henley to George Washington, 11 June 1797George Washington to John Fitzgerald, 12 June 1797John Fitzgerald to George Washington, 12 June 1797George Washington to Timothy Pickering, 12 June 1797George Washington to Gustavus Scott, 12 June 1797B. N. M. to George Washington, 13 June 1797George Washington to Thomas Peter, 14 June 1797George Washington to Jacob Van Vleck, 14 June 1797George Washington to Rufus King, 15 June 1797 [letter not found]James McHenry to George Washington, 15 June 1797Oliver Wolcott, Jr., to George Washington, 15 June 1797Gustavus Scott to George Washington, 16 June 1797George Washington to James Anderson, 18 June 1797Bartholomew Dandridge, Jr., to George Washington, 18 June 1797Thomas Pinckney to George Washington, 18 June 1797George Washington to Gustavus Scott, 19 June 1797Clement Biddle to George Washington, 20 June 1797 [letter not found]James Anderson (of Scotland) to George Washington, 21 June 1797James Anderson to George Washington, 21 June 1797Gustavus Scott to George Washington, 22 June 1797Alexander Spotswood to George Washington, 23 June 1797George Washington to Dumas, 24 June 1797George Washington to Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, 24 June 1797George Washington to Gustavus Scott, 24 June 1797George Washington to Ségur, 24 June 1797George Washington to John Quincy Adams, 25 June 1797George Washington to Rufus King, 25 June 1797Gustavus Scott to George Washington, 25 June 1797George Washington to William Booker, 26 June 1797George Washington to Edward Carrington, 26 June 1797George Washington to Charles Carter, Jr., 26 June 1797George Washington to David Humphreys, 26 June 1797George Washington to Richard Peters, 26 June 1797George Washington to Timothy Pickering, 28 June 1797Edward Carrington to George Washington, 30 June 1797George Washington Parke Custis to George Washington, 1 July 1797Timothy Pickering to George Washington, 1 July 1797Charles Carter, Jr., to George Washington, 2 July 1797George Washington to James Ross, 2 July 1797George Washington to Clement Biddle, 3 July 1797William Booker to George Washington, 3 July 1797George Washington to David Henley, 3 July 1797George Washington to James McAlpin, 3 July 1797James McHenry to George Washington, 3 July 1797Richard Peters to George Washington, 3 July 1797George Washington to Timothy Pickering, 3 July 1797George Washington to Oliver Wolcott, Jr., 3 July 1797George Washington to Buchan, 4 July 1797Gustavus Scott to George Washington, 4 July 1797George Washington to Philip Freneau and Alexander Menut, 5 July 1797George Washington to William Booker, 7 July 1797George Washington to James McHenry, 7 July 1797John Marshall to George Washington, 7 July 1797George Washington to Timothy Pickering, 7 July 1797Samuel Washington to George Washington, 7 July 1797George Washington to Radnor, 8 July 1797James McHenry to George Washington, 9 July 1797Clement Biddle to George Washington, 10 July 1797 [letter not found]Edward Carrington to George Washington, 10 July 1797George Washington to George Washington Parke Custis, 10 July 1797George Washington to Robert Goodloe Harper, 10 July 1797George Washington to Tobias Lear, 10 July 1797George Washington to John William Bronaugh, 11 July 1797George Washington to Samuel Washington, 12 July 1797Oliver Wolcott, Jr., to George Washington, 12 July 1797George Washington Parke Custis to George Washington, 14 July 1797George Washington to John Sinclair, 15 July 1797John Sinclair to George Washington, 15 July 1797George Washington to William Strickland, 15 July 1797Zechariah Lewis to George Washington, 17 July 1797George Washington to William Pearce, 17 July 1797Gustavus Scott to George Washington, 19 July 1797John Sinclair to George Washington, 19 July 1797Ludwell Lee to George Washington, 20 July 1797Nathaniel Ramsay to George Washington, 20 July 1797George Washington to Timothy Pickering, 21 July 1797Alexander Spotswood to George Washington, 22 July 1797George Washington to George Washington Parke Custis, 23 July 1797George Washington to Samuel Hanson, 23 July 1797George Washington to Richard Peters, 23 July 1797Charles Lee to George Washington, 24 July 1797Lawrence Lewis to George Washington, 24 July 1797William Pearce to George Washington, 24 July 1797George Washington to Bushrod Washington, 24 July 1797Clement Biddle to George Washington, 25 July 1797 [letter not found]Timothy Pickering to George Washington, 25 July 1797Henry Lee, Jr., to George Washington, 26 July 1797Moses Jenkins to George Washington, 27 July 1797George Washington to Bushrod Washington, 28 July 1797Samuel Washington to George Washington, 29 July 1797George Washington Parke Custis to George Washington, 30 July 1797Israel Shreve to George Washington, 30 July 1797George Washington to Rufus King, 31 July 1797George Washington to Tobias Lear, 31 July 1797George Washington to Charles Lee, 31 July 1797George Washington to Timothy Pickering, 31 July 1797John Searson to George Washington, 2 August 1797James Anderson (of Scotland) to George Washington, 3 August 1797George Washington to Charles Lee, 4 August 1797George Washington to Lawrence Lewis, 4 August 1797Archibald McClean to George Washington, 4 August 1797George Washington to Timothy Pickering, 4 August 1797George Washington to Edward Newenham, 6 August 1797Ludwell Lee to George Washington, 7 August 1797Nathaniel Ramsay to George Washington, 7 August 1797Timothy Pickering to George Washington, 9 August 1797Timothy Pickering to George Washington, 10 August 1797Charles Lee to George Washington, 11 August 1797George Washington to Nathaniel Ramsay, 11 August 1797Clement Biddle to George Washington, 12 August 1797 [letter not found]George Washington to Harry Dorsey Gough, 13 August 1797George Washington to Nathaniel Ramsay, 13 August 1797Alexander Spotswood to George Washington, 13 August 1797George Washington to Clement Biddle, 14 August 1797George Washington to Zechariah Lewis, 14 August 1797George Washington to James McHenry, 14 August 1797George Washington to William Pearce, 14 August 1797Tobias Lear to George Washington, 16 August 1797Clement Biddle to George Washington, 17 August 1797 [letter not found]Harry Dorsey Gough to George Washington, 17 August 1797Nathaniel Ramsay to George Washington, 17 August 1797William Deakins, Jr., to George Washington, 18 August 1797Nathaniel Ramsay to George Washington, 18 August 1797Thomas Macdonald to George Washington, 19 August 1797Timothy Pickering to George Washington, 19 August 1797George Washington to Newburgh Burroughs, 20 August 1797Anthony Heusler to George Washington, 20 August 1797George Washington to John Searson, 20 August 1797George Washington to Clement Biddle, 21 August 1797George Washington Parke Custis to George Washington, 21 August 1797 [letter not found]George Washington to Alexander Hamilton, 21 August 1797David LonGeorge Washingtonorth to George Washington, 21 August 1797Ferdinando Fairfax to George Washington, 22 August 1797George Washington to Clement Biddle, 23 August 1797George Washington to Harry Dorsey Gough, 23 August 1797George Washington to Alexander Spotswood, 23 August 1797 [letter not found]Lawrence Augustine Washington to George Washington, 23 August 1797Timothy Pickering to George Washington, 24 August 1797George Washington to James Craik, 26 August 1797 [letter not found]William Vans Murray to George Washington, 26 August 1797Henry Lee, Jr., to George Washington, 27 August 1797William Pearce to George Washington, 27 August 1797James Craik to George Washington, 28 August 1797Alexander Hamilton to George Washington, 28 August 1797Richard Parkinson to George Washington, 28 August 1797George Washington to George Washington Parke Custis, 29 August 1797George Washington to Ludwell Lee, 29 August 1797George Washington to Thomas Macdonald, 29 August 1797George Washington to Timothy Pickering, 29 August 1797Clement Biddle to George Washington, 30 August 1797 [letter not found]Benjamin Goodhue to George Washington, 30 August 1797Timothy Pickering to George Washington, 30 August 1797Burgess Ball, Sr., to George Washington, 31 August 1797William Gordon to George Washington, 31 August 1797George Washington to Timothy Pickering, 31 August 1797George Washington to Israel Shreve, 1 September 1797George Washington to Lawrence Augustine Washington, 3 September 1797George Washington to John O’Donnell, 4 September 1797George Washington to Clement Biddle, 6 September 1797Rufus King to George Washington, 6 September 1797George Washington to William Pearce, 6 September 1797Tobias Lear to George Washington, 8 September 1797George Washington to Henry Lee, Jr., 8 September 1797Timothy Pickering to George Washington, 8 September 1797John O’Donnell to George Washington, 9 September 1797George Washington to Tobias Lear, 10 September 1797George Washington to Tobias Lear, 11 September 1797John Searson to George Washington, 13 September 1797Alexander Spotswood to George Washington, 13 September 1797George Washington to Clement Biddle, 15 September 1797John Marshall to George Washington, 15 September 1797George Washington to George Pearson, 15 September 1797William Vans Murray to George Washington, 16 September 1797William Vans Murray to George Washington, 17 September 1797George Washington to Anthony Heusler, 18 September 1797Charles Cotesworth Pinckney to George Washington, 19 September 1797George Washington to Augustine Davis, Matthew Brown, and Leonard Yundt, 20 September 1797Richard Randolph, Jr., to George Washington, 20 September 1797John Bassett to George Washington, 23 September 1797George Washington Motier Lafayette to George Washington, 23 September 1797George Washington to William Triplett, 24 September 1797John Langhorne [Peter Carr] to George Washington, 25 September 1797Alexander Spotswood to George Washington, 27 September 1797Thomas Law to George Washington, 28 September 1797Francis Walker to George Washington, 28 September 1797Jean Luzac to George Washington, 30 September 1797George Washington to Thomas Law, 2 October 1797James McHenry to George Washington, 2 October 1797James Ross to George Washington, 2 October 1797George Washington to Thomas Coleman Martin, 3 October 1797William Hartshorne to George Washington, 4 October 1797Samuel Williams to George Washington, 5 October 1797Lafayette to George Washington, 6 October 1797William Thornton to George Washington, 6 October 1797George Washington to William Thornton, 7 October 1797Elizabeth Foote Washington to George Washington, 7 October 1797George Washington to Alexander Hamilton, 8 October 1797Tadeusz Kościuszko to George Washington, 8 October 1797George Washington to Lafayette, 8 October 1797William Thornton to George Washington, 8 October 1797 [letter not found]George Washington to Elizabeth Foote Washington, 8 October 1797George Washington to William Herbert, 9 October 1797 [letter not found]William Herbert to George Washington, 9 October 1797William Vans Murray to George Washington, 9 October 1797George Washington to Samuel Stanhope Smith, 9 October 1797George Washington to Bushrod Washington, 9 October 1797Elizabeth Foote Washington to George Washington, 9 October 1797George Washington to William Herbert, 10 October 1797 [letter not found]William Herbert to George Washington, 10 October 1797George Washington to William Thornton, 10 October 1797George Washington to Francis Walker, 10 October 1797Thomas Lewis to George Washington, 13 October 1797George Washington to Matthias Slough, 14 October 1797 [letter not found]Alexander Spotswood to George Washington, 14 October 1797George Washington to William Stoy, 14 October 1797George Washington to Clement Biddle, 15 October 1797George Washington to Benjamin Goodhue, 15 October 1797George Washington to William Gordon, 15 October 1797George Washington to John Langhorne [Peter Carr], 15 October 1797Hannah Bushrod Washington to George Washington, 15 October 1797Paul Ferdinand Fevot to George Washington, 16 October 1797George Washington to James McHenry, 16 October 1797Thomas Coleman Martin to George Washington, 16 October 1797William Stoy to George Washington, 19 October 1797Matthias Slough to George Washington, 20 October 1797Bushrod Washington to George Washington, 20 October 1797George Washington Motier Lafayette and Felix Frestel to George Washington, 21 October 1797Jacob Valentine to George Washington, 21 October 1797Felix Frestel to George Washington, 22 October 1797George Washington Motier Lafayette to George Washington, 22 October 1797George Washington to Bushrod Washington, 23 October 1797William Hodgson to George Washington, 24 October 1797George Washington to Tobias Lear, 24 October 1797John Marshall to George Washington, 24–27 October 1797George Washington Motier Lafayette and Felix Frestel to George Washington, 25 October 1797Bushrod Washington to George Washington, 25 October 1797George Washington to James Barry, 26 October 1797Robert Lewis to George Washington, 26 October 1797Timothy Pickering to George Washington, 26 October 1797George Washington to Robert Brooke, 27 October 1797Jason Hand to George Washington, 27 October 1797William Herbert to George Washington, 27 October 1797Rufus King to George Washington, 27 October 1797Medad Rogers to George Washington, 27 October 1797Bushrod Washington to George Washington, 27 October 1797Alexander Spotswood to George Washington, 28 October 1797George Washington to Daniel McCarty, 30 October 1797Daniel Morgan to George Washington, 30 October 1797Edward Newenham to George Washington, 30 October 1797George Washington to Timothy Pickering, 30 October 1797Timothy Pickering to George Washington, 30 October 1797George Washington to Bushrod Washington, 30 October 1797Bushrod Washington to George Washington, 30 October 1797William Vans Murray to George Washington, 1 November 1797George Washington to Alexander Spotswood, 1 November 1797Felix Frestel and George Washington Motier Lafayette to George Washington, 2 November 1797Daniel McCarty to George Washington, 2 November 1797George Washington to Robert Lewis, 3 November 1797George Washington to Daniel McCarty, 3 November 1797George Washington to Bushrod Washington, 3 November 1797George Washington to James Anderson (of Scotland), 4 November 1797Alexander Spotswood to George Washington, 4 November 1797Daniel McCarty to George Washington, 6 November 1797Robert Morris to George Washington, 6 November 1797George Washington to Timothy Pickering, 6 November 1797George Washington to James Ross, 6 November 1797George Washington to John Sinclair, 6 November 1797Jonathan Boucher to George Washington, 8 November 1797Bushrod Washington to George Washington, 8 November 1797Tobias Lear to George Washington, 9 November 1797 [letter not found]George Washington to Tobias Lear, 10 November 1797George Washington to William Wilson, 10 November 1797 [letter not found]William Wilson to George Washington, 10 November 1797George Washington to George Lewis, 13 November 1797George Washington to Daniel McCarty, 13 November 1797Bushrod Washington to George Washington, 13 November 1797Charles Carter to George Washington, 14 November 1797 [letter not found]James Keith to George Washington, 18 November 1797John Nicholas to George Washington, 18 November 1797Timothy Pickering to George Washington, 20 November 1797Louis La Colombe to George Washington, 21 November 1797George Washington to John Fitzgerald, William Herbert, and George Gilpin, 22 November 1797George Washington to Bushrod Washington, 22 November 1797James Welch to George Washington, 24 November 1797Oliver Wolcott, Jr., to George Washington, 24 November 1797George Washington to James Anderson, 25 November 1797Burwell Bassett, Jr., to George Washington, 26 November 1797Bushrod Washington to George Washington, 26 November 1797George Washington to Clement Biddle, 28 November 1797George Washington to Richard Parkinson, 28 November 1797George Washington to John Sinclair, 28 November 1797James Welch to George Washington, 29 November 1797George Washington to James Craik, 30 November 1797 [letter not found]George Washington to John Nicholas, 30 November 1797James Craik to George Washington, 1 December 1797George Washington to James Welch, 1 December 1797George Washington to Charles Carter, 3 December 1797George Washington to Bartholomew Dandridge, Jr., 3 December 1797George Washington to Louis La Colombe, 3 December 1797George Washington to William Vans Murray, 3 December 1797George Washington to Felix Frestel, 4 December 1797George Washington to John Marshall, 4 December 1797George Washington to Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, 4 December 1797George Washington to Lafayette, 5 December 1797George Washington to George Washington Motier Lafayette, 5 December 1797George Washington to Rufus King, 6 December 1797George Washington to James Welch, 7 December 1797John Nicholas to George Washington, 9 December 1797James Welch to George Washington, 9 December 1797George Washington to James Keith, 10 December 1797George Washington to Timothy Pickering, 11 December 1797George Washington to Burwell Bassett, 13 December 1797 [letter not found]George Gilpin to George Washington, 14 December 1797Timothy Pickering to George Washington, 14 December 1797George Washington to Richard Parkinson, 15 December 1797William Strickland to George Washington, 16 December 1797Martha Washington to Elizabeth Willing Powel, 17 December 1797George Washington to Oliver Wolcott, Jr., 17 December 1797George Washington to Bushrod Washington, 18 December 1797George Washington to James Anderson, 21 December 1797George Washington Motier Lafayette to George Washington, 21 December 1797Gustavus Scott to George Washington, 21 December 1797Alexandria Masons to George Washington, 22 December 1797Burwell Bassett, Jr., to George Washington, 22 December 1797Thomas Law to George Washington, 22 December 1797Joseph Cooke to George Washington, 25 December 1797George Washington to Thomas Law, 25 December 1797James Wilkinson to George Washington, 26 December 1797Lafayette to George Washington, 27 December 1797Francis Deakins to George Washington, 28 December 1797–7 January 1798 [letter not found]Bushrod Washington to George Washington, 28 December 1797Alexander Spotswood to George Washington, 30 December 1797 [letter not found]Thomas Bruff to George Washington, 1797 