[From Miscellaneous Letters, Department of State.]
SAMUEL T. WASHINGTON, Esq.
WASHINGTON, _April 27_.
DEAR SIR: I send you a copy of a joint resolution of the two Houses of
Congress expressive of the estimate which they place upon the presents
which you recently made to the United States of the sword used by your
illustrious relative, George Washington, in the military career of his
early youth in the Seven Years' War, and throughout the War of our
National Independence, and of the staff bequeathed by the patriot,
statesman, and sage Benjamin Franklin to the same leader of the armies
of freedom in the Revolutionary War, George Washington.
These precious relics have been accepted in the name of the nation, and
have been deposited among its archives.
I avail myself of the opportunity afforded in the performance of this
pleasing task to tender you assurances of my high respect and esteem.