I don't know that quote, and it doesn't sound like GW, but I don't pretend to know everything he wrote! Have you searched for it on the GW Papers site on the Library of Congress website? It may be an embellishment of his wartime remark in a letter of February 1776 to Burwell Bassett in Virginia. Washington thanked Bassett for looking after his lands in the Ohio country and continued, "in the worst event, they will serve for an Asylum." Henry Wiencek Charlottesville To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html