October 4th
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“As no one entertains more respect for your character, so none can salute you with more sincerity, or with greater pleasure, than I do on the occasion.”
Library of Congress
To Benjamin Franklin
Mount Vernon, 25 September 1785
Dear Sir,
Amid the public gratulations on your safe return to America, after a long absence and the many eminent services you have rendered it, for which as a benefited person I feel the obligation, permit an individual to join the public voice in expressing a sense of them; and to assure you, that, as no one entertains more respect for your character, so none can salute you with more sincerity, or with greater pleasure, than I do on the occasion. With the highest regard and greatest consideration, I am Dear Sir Yr most obedt and most H’ble Servt*
G:o Washington
* Ben Franklin had recently returned from France after almost a decade of service; he was instrumental in convincing the French to send vital military aid during the Revolutionary War, and was also instrumental in the peace negotiations.
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