“I am only fond of what comes from the heart.”

— Martha Washington

Letter to Mercy Warren (1789)
Context: I am not apt to forget the feelings that have been inspired by ray former society with good acquaintances, nor to be insensible to their expressions of gratitude to the President of the United States; for you know me well enough, to do me the justice to believe, that I am only fond of what comes from the heart.

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