1From George Washington to the Marquis of Lansdowne, 30 August 1794 (Washington Papers)
I have had the pleasure of receiving your Lordship’s letter introducing to me Mr Taillerand Perigord. It is matter of no small regret to me that considerations of a public nature, which you will easily conjecture, have not hitherto permitted me to manifest towards that Gentleman the sense I entertain of his personal character and of your Lordship’s recommendation. But I am informed that the...