George Washington to David Stuart, 19 Nov. 1786

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George Washington to John Jay, 15 Aug. 1786

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George Washington to John Jay, 18 May 1786

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George Washington to James Madison, 30 Nov. 1785

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George Washington to Benjamin Harrison, 18 Jan. 1784

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Washington’s Second Annual Message to Congress and Congressional Responses

Washington delivered his second State of the Union address in the Senate chambers on 8 Dec. 1790. A joint committee of Congress consisting of senators Robert Morris and John Langdon and congressmen Elias Boudinot, John Laurance, and William Loughton Smith waited on Washington on 7 Dec. 1790 to inform him […]

Washington’s First Annual Message to Congress and Congressional Responses

Washington delivered his first State of the Union address in the Senate chambers on 8 January 1790. The Virginia Herald and Fredericksburg Advertiser, 21 Jan. 1790, noted that Washington “was dressed in a crow coloured suit of clothes, of American manufacture. . . . This elegant fabric was from the […]

George Washington to James McHenry, 22 Aug. 1785

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