1From George Washington to Trustees of the Alexandria Academy, 17 December 1785 (Washington Papers)
That I may be perspicuous & avoid misconception, the proposition which I wish to lay before you is committed to writing; & is as follows; It has long been my intention to invest, at my death, one thousand pounds current money of this State, in the hands of Trustees—the interest only of which, to be applied in instituting a school in the Town of Alexandria for the purpose of educating orphan...