I am sorry to have encumbered you with any of my property. Dr. Franklin left his cane to Washington. ‘If it were a sceptre,’ says he, ‘he would have merited it, and would become it.’ I would not leave you mine, for it would be unworthy of your acceptance; and, were it a sceptre, I know you would not accept it. . . . . What can I say in answer to such a letter as yours? I can only thank you from my heart, and say God bless you and yours now and for ever.