Mr.Lawrence says:-- "Among the incidents connected with his (Mr.Gallatin's) earliest explorations was an interview with General Washington, which he repeatedly recounted to me.

He had previously observed that of all the inaccessible men he had ever seen, General Washington was the most so.

And this remark he made late in life, after having been conversant with most of the sovereigns of Europe and their prime ministers.

He said, in connection with his office, he had a cot-bed in the office of the surveyor of the district when Washington, who had lands in the neighborhood, and was desirous of effecting communication between the rivers, came there.

Mr.Gallatin's bed was given up to him,--Gallatin lying on the floor, immediately below the table at which Washington was writing.