Among them there is one who was side by side with your beloved Washington during the revolutionary war, who has repeatedly been elected your first magistrate, and, against whom, the tongue of slander never moved but in the hard service of a harder master.
Daggett honors a leader who served alongside Washington and has maintained a good reputation throughout his career.
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