1George Washington to Charles Carroll of Carrollton, 23 January 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
The Western Indians having proposed to us a conference at Au Glaise in the ensuing spring, I am now about to proceed to nominate three Commissioners to meet and treat with them on the subject of peace. What may be the issue of the conferences is difficult to foresee, but it is extremely essential that, whatever it be, it should carry with it the perfect confidence of our citizens that every...