Farewell Address

(by George Washington, President of the United States) To the PEOPLE of the UNITED STATES. Friends and Citizens, The period for a new election of a citizen to administer the executive government of the United States being not far distant, and the time actually arrived when your thoughts must be employed in designating the person …

Address to Congress

(by George Washington) Mr. President The great events on which my resignation depended having at length taken place; I have now the honor of offering my sincere Congratulations to Congress and of presenting myself before them to surrender into their hands the trust committed to me, and to claim the indulgence of retiring from the Service …