THE WRITINGS

OF

GEORGE WASHINGTON.

VOL. IX.

THE

WRITINGS

OF

GEORGE WASHINGTON

BEING HIS

CORRESPONDENCE, ADDRESSES, MESSAGES, AND OTHER

PAPERS, OFFICIAL AND PRIVATE,

SELECTED AND PUBLISHED FROM THE ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPTS;

WITH

A LIFE OF THE AUTHOR,

NOTES, AND ILLUSTRATIONS.

BY JARED SPARKS.

VOLUME IX.

BOSTON:

LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY.

1855.

Entered according to the Act of Congress, in the year one thousand eight

hundred and thirty-six, by JARED SPARKS, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts.

PART THIRD;

CONTAINING

CORRESPONDENCE

FROM THE TIME

OF RESIGNING HIS COMMISSION AS

COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE ARMY,

TO THAT OF HIS INAUGURATION AS

PRESIDENT.