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General WASHINGTON, should have leisure to write, with his own hand, so many 

 letters to an entire stranger, and sme of them of considerable length, I have been 

 induced to have them engraved in order to represent the hand-writing of their 

 celebrated author: they are exact copies of those received by me. It is proposed 

 to deposit the originals in the British Museum, as the precious relics of a great 

 man, fit to be preserved in that valuable repository. 



It may be proper to add, that the following collection contains all the letters I 

 have received, with the exception of two, the first of which was marked private, and 

 is mentioned in General WASHINGTON S letters of the 15th of July, and 6th of 

 November, 1797. It is a long and interesting paper, which, however, it would not 

 be proper to publish at this time. The other letter was of a late date, and alludes 

 to circumstances of a nature which it would be improper at present to communicate 

 to the public. 



To conclude, I hope that these letters will not only furnish much satisfactory 

 information to the reader, as containing the sentiments of General WASHINGTON on 

 agricultural and other important subjects, but will also display, to peculiar advan 

 tage, the character of the much respected author; and with the profits of the 

 publication I trust it will be in my power to pay a proper tribute of respect to the 

 memory of one, who, though the immediate cause of the separation between Great 

 Britain and America, yet is the person to whom, in a great measure, is to be 

 ascribed the good understanding \vhich now so happily subsists between the two 

 countries; and whose character must ever be revered, even by those with whom he 

 contended, either in war or politics, as containing as much good, with as little alloy, 

 as that of any individual whose memory is recorded in history. 



LONDON, 29 Parliament Street, 1st March, 1800. 



