University of Virginia Library

2683. ENGLAND, Reform.—

I am in
hopes a purer nation will result, and a purer
government be instituted, one which, instead
of endeavoring to make us their natural enemies,
will see in us, what we really are, their
natural friends and brethren, and more interested
in a fraternal connection with them
than with any other nation on earth.—
To John Adams. Washington ed. vii, 46.
(P.F.,,
18161816)gt;