1To George Washington from Charles MacIver, November 1784 (Washington Papers)
If Affairs of infinite Consequence had not engaged your Excellency’s Time & Attention an Address on the following Subject would probably have been directed to you at an earlier Period. Had I the Honour of your Acquaintance, most probably it would have first sought your Patronage. Your Excellency will now give me Leave to acquaint you that I was early imbued with certain Principles repugnant to...
2To George Washington from Charles MacIver, February 1785 (Washington Papers)
I presumed to do myself the Honour of writing you last November, on the first Prospect of Convalescence, after a lingering Illness. A few Weeks afterwards my Health was perfectly reestablished; in so much that I might have resumed my Business, or accepted more eligible Offers. But the Affair on which I wrote your Excellency lay so much at my Heart that I was unwilling to come under any...