01 April 1797

GW attended a dinner apparently given in his honor at the Masonic Lodge in Alexandria, Va.  In his reply to a complimentary address, GW reportedly said: “If it has pleased the supreme architect of the Universe to make me an humble instrument to promote the welfare and happiness of my fellow men, my exertions have been abundantly recompensed by the Kind partiality with which they have been received.”

 

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01 April 1797
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