September 29, 1792
The President of the United States doth hereby order and direct that any lot or lots in the city of Washington may, after the public sale to commence on the 8th day of October, be sold and agreed for by the commissioners, or any two of them, at private sale for such price and on such terms as they may think proper.
Go. WASHINGTON
Source: Messages and Papers of the Presidents, 1789-1897, Volume X, James D. Richardson, ed., p 86.
George Washington, Order Authorizing the Private Sale of Lots in the City of Washington Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/379159