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Jan 3, 1797

I lay before you for your consideration a treaty which has been negotiated and concluded on the 29th day of June last by Benjamin Hawkins, Andrew Pickens, and George Clymer, commissioners on behalf of the United States, with the Creek…

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Sep 18, 1796

The nation that expects to be ignorant and free, expects what never was and never will be.

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Sep 18, 1796

Associate yourself with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for 'tis better to be alone than in bad company.

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Dec 11, 1796

Those services, and greater had I possessed ability to render them, were due to the unanimous calls of my country, and its approbation is my abundant reward.

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