Ya know the stare from the one dollar bill? Yeah, that one.
Alexander Hamilton once offered to buy Gouverneur Morris dinner if he would clap Washington on the shoulder and say how great it was to see him again. When Morris complied, Washington simply, and without a word, removed Morris’ hand from the sleeve of his coat and froze him with a stare.
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Ha! Hamilton, such a jokster!
Of course, a little later (presumably when Washington himself was let in on the joke) the two were joking together like old friends. Washington could be a distant figure, but he was no more a man alone than anyone else.