I perform with infinite satisfaction the duty assigned to me by the enclosed Resolutions of the General Assembly.

     To the unanimous expression of the desire of the Legislature, I beg leave to add the earnest wishes of the Executive; that you will permit the remains of her beloved son General Washington, and those of his excellent and amiable wife, to be removed to Richmond, to be interred near the Capitol, beneath a monument to be erected at the expense of the people of Virginia.