to be with every sentiment of respect, your most obedient and very humble servants. Signed by order of the inhabitants. CHARLES MORTIMER, _Chairman_. Sept. 12, 1783. To this address Gen. Green responded as follows: _To the Inhabitants of the City of Fredericksburg_: GENTLEMEN--Highly flattered by your address, and no less honored by your sentiments, how shall I acknowledge fully your generosity in either! From your hearty welcome to this city and your good wishes for my future welfare I feel the overflowings of a grateful mind. The noblest reward for the best services is the favorable opinion of our fellow citizens. Happy in your assurances, I shall feel myself amply rewarded, if I have but the good wishes of my country. I have the honor to be, gentlemen, your most obedient, humble servant, NATHANIEL GREEN. Sept. 12, 1783. GEN. WASHINGTON VISITS HIS MOTHER. In December, 1783, General Washington visited Fredericksburg. He had just resigned his commission of Commander-in-Chief of the American Armies, and as a private citizen had come to visit his mother and friends at his old home. He was the uncrowned King of America, and was uncrowned only because he refused to be crowned. He came with victory upon his brow, and peace and liberty for the American people. From mouth to mouth went the message--"the great and good Washington is coming." From town and country the masses gathered to give him welcome and do him honor. The military turned out, the civic societies paraded, the cannon boomed and everybody went into raptures over his coming. The City Council was called together and the following address was adopted, amid the wildest enthusiasm, and presented to the grand American: _To his Excellency, General Washington, late Commander-in-Chief of the Armies of America_: