Excerpt from An Inquiry Into the Views, Principles, Services, and Influences of the Leading Men in the Origination of Our Union and in the Formation and Early Administration of Our Present GovernmentTo John Augustine Washington, Nov. 19. In short, it is impossible for me, in the compass of a letter, to give you any idea of our situation. I am wearied almost to death with the retrograde motion of things.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.