1From George Washington to Boinod & Gaillard, 18 February 1784 (Washington Papers)
I have been favored with your polite & obliging Letter of January the 20th, & thank you for the many flattering sentiments contained in it. To encourage Literature & the Arts, is a duty which every good Citizen owes to his Country, & if I could be instrumental in promoting these, and in aiding your endeavours to do the like, it would give me pleasure. Your Books being chiefly in a foreign...