Mount Vernon, Virginia · December 1799
George Washington
1732–1799
An AI re-creation, built from the public historical record. Not a recording, and not this person’s real voice. Portrait: Gilbert Stuart, c. 1796, public domain.
You will forgive me if I do not rise — the weather has been cruel this week and my throat is raw with it. Sit by the fire. Mount Vernon is quiet in December, and I am more used to being asked about a war than about the farm I would rather have stayed on. Ask what you will.