Washington's Letter Resurfaces

Washington's Letter Resurfaces

After spending decades out of the public eye in a private collection, a letter written by George Washington about God and the Constitution is up for sale.

In the document, Washington praises God for the ratification of the US Constitution, which had been written in Philadelphia a year before. Washington's letter was written at a time when states were questioning the Constitution. Some even wanted to hold a second convention to possibly rewrite it, according to Fox News.

"It would seem from the public Gazettes that the Minority in your State are preparing for another attack of the - now - adopted Government; how formidable it may be; I know not," Washington wrote. "But that Providence which has hitherto smiled on the honest endeavors of the well-meaning part of the People of this Country will not, I trust, withdraw its support from them at this crisis."

The letter from Washington to Richard Peters, speaker of the Pennsylvania General Assembly, and a former member of the Continental Congress, is signed Sept. 7, 1788.

"Washington, who was the General in Chief of the Continental Army during the war and President of the Constitutional Convention makes a remarkable statement in this powerful letter: his victory in battle and his stewardship over the Convention that led to our Constitution came with the guiding influence of our God," Nathan Raab, president of the Raab Collection, said in a statement.