From Thomas Jefferson to George III, King of Great Britain, 23 November 1802
To George III, King of Great Britain
Great and Good Friend,
Rufus King, who for several years has resided with you as the Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States, having desired to return to America, we have yielded to his request. He will accordingly take his leave of you; embracing that occasion to assure you of our friendship and sincere desire to preserve and strengthen the harmony and good understanding so happily subsisting between the two Nations, and which will be further manifested by his Successor. We are persuaded, that he will do this in the manner most expressive of these sentiments, and of the respect and sincerity with which they are offered.
We pray God to keep you, Great and Good Friend under his holy protection.
Written at the City of Washington the Twenty Third day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and two.
Th: Jefferson
Wow! Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence, listing the grievances between the American colonies and King George III.
Here we are, 26 years later, and President Jefferson is praying that God protect his "great and good friend," and is "assuring" America's "friendship" to the tyrant King George III.
How can this be? Shouldn't President Jefferson have known that just 10 years later his "great and good friend" would declare war again against the United States and burn down the White House?
Oh, the scandal!
-PJ
Did he just Mention God? What happened to that wall sepersting church and stsre we hear so much about?