And then Martha burned all their letters 'cuz he never wanted their private correspondence to be public. Washington was a badass: 6'2 in an era when the average male height was 5'5" due to nutrition. It amazes me that nobody has written a script about how he was secretly a time traveler sent back to destroy the Imperial Court of Queen Elizabeth III before it could get started.
That's a nice little building if anyone has time for a visit. There is one man that works there who rarely has visitors that will give you a full tour if you show up. They have many historic documents. The letter that Christopher Columbus wrote to the king and queen of Spain on his return "discovery" of the Americas, informing them of what he saw, is in that library. Apparently, The value of everything in that one building is enough to rebuild the entire university once over.This 12-page letter is a treasured document at the William Clements Library at the University of Michigan.