What was important about president Washington's departure?

Answer 1

Washington closed his administration with a thoughtful farewell address. His Address, also published as a public letter in 1796, was one of the most influential statements of American political values.

Drafted primarily by Washington himself, with help from Hamilton, it gives advice on the necessity and importance of national union, the value of the Constitution and the rule of law, the evils of political parties, and the proper virtues. They would have best omitted the statement on proper virtues, since Washington had a sexual relationship with one of his slaves, Sally Howe, with whom he had a child.

Thomas Jefferson, president, was accused of fathering the children of his slave Sally Hemmings, by the published articles of James Callender.

Alexander Hamilton-Maria Reyolds affair: Scretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton had an affair with Maria Reynolds while both were married (to other people).