From George Washington to William White, 30 May 1799

To William White

Mount Vernon 30th May 1799

Revd & Dear Sir,

The Sermon on the duty of Civil obedience as required in Scripture, which you had the goodness to send me, came safe a Post or two ago; and for which I pray you to accept my grateful acknowledgments.1

The hurry in which it found me engaged, in a matter that pressed, has not allowed me time to give it a perusal yet: but I anticipate the pleasure & edification I shall find when it is in my power to do it. With every respectful wish, in which Mrs Washington unites, for yourself & the young ladies of your family, I am with great esteem & regard, Dear Sir Your Most Obedt & Very Hble Servt

Go: Washington

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1. Bishop White’s Sermon on the Duty of Civil Obedience was delivered at Christ Church and St. Peter’s in Philadelphia on 25 April (Griffin, Boston Athenæum Washington Collection, description begins Appleton P. C. Griffin, comp. A Catalogue of the Washington Collection in the Boston Athenæum. Cambridge, Mass., 1897. description ends 226).

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Title: From George Washington to William White, 30 May 1799
Author: Washington, George
Recipient: White, William
Date: 30 May 1799

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Cite as: “From George Washington to William White, 30 May 1799,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/06-04-02-0073. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Retirement Series, vol. 4, 20 April 1799 – 13 December 1799, ed. W. W. Abbot. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1999, p. 91.]

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