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ADDRESS ■ 
 
 OF THE 
 
 Pennsylvania 
 Society of Cincinnati 
 
 to 
 
 GEORGE WASHINGTON 
 
 and 
 
 His Answer 
 
 1797. 
 
 Brooklyn, JV. Y. 
 Privately Prinfrrh 
 1886. 
 
L3IZ 
 
 IN EXCHANGE 
 
 New York Public Uhrary 
 
 JUN 27 1912 
 
 /2 
 
 3 
 
The Address of the Pennsylvania 
 Society of the Cincinnati — and the 
 Members from the other Societies 
 present in Philadelphia 
 
 To George Washington, Presi- 
 dent of the United States 
 
 Upon this auspicious day — 
 and in contemplation of an ap - 
 proaching public event, the most 
 affecting, which can occur to us, 
 either as men, as Citizens, or as 
 your former fellow soldiers, we de- 
 sire to congratulate, and address 
 you. 
 
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 As men we offer to you homage 
 of a pure and heartfelt affection — As 
 Citizens we express to you the 
 gratitude, which results from a just 
 sense of the highest obligation — 
 and as fellow - soldiers we declare 
 the respectful and inviolable attach- 
 ment, which we feel to a beloved 
 and venerated Chief 
 
 This moment, in which America 
 is to lose the services of her illus - 
 trious Citizen, would indeed be in - 
 consolable, did not the review of his 
 wise, firm, and virtuous administra- 
 tion, as Chief Magistrate, present a 
 series of conduct, which it will be 
 the pride and happiness of his sue - 
 cessor to emulate and attain. 
 
 With this consolatory reflection, 
 we naturally associate the proud 
 
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 sentiments that, in the instance of 
 your dignified retirement from of- 
 fice, our chief will exhibit to the 
 world the rare and dignified spec - 
 tacle that of^cial station and au - 
 thority are not required to obtain 
 and to continue the utmost distinc- 
 tion among mankind, or to com - 
 mand the highest degree of their 
 admiration and applause. 
 
 To that gracious Providence, 
 whose goodness has heretofore 
 preserved you a prime agent of 
 human happiness, we prefer our fer- 
 vent supplications for your present 
 and future felicity. 
 
 Signed on behalf of the Society 
 Tho. Mifflin. 
 
 Febr. 2 2d., I797- 
 
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 To the Members of the Pensnylva - 
 nia State Society of the Cincin - 
 nati ; and the other State Societies 
 of the Cincinnati at present at 
 Phi lad' a. 
 
 Your congratulations, and the 
 expression of your attachment and 
 approbation of my pubHc services, 
 are received with gratitude and re- 
 ciprocated with sincerity. Endear- 
 ed to me by every consideration 
 of pubHc and private worth, I 
 shall carry into that retirement 
 which you are pleased to mention 
 in terms so flattering, an invaria- 
 ble affection and esteem towards 
 the faithful comrades of my milita- 
 ry career ; and my best prayers 
 will be offered for their present 
 and future happiness. 
 
Go. Washington. 
 United States, 2 2d. Feb. 1779. 
 
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