George Washington actually said...

I have therefore thought fit to issue this my proclamation, hereby exhorting all the citizens of the United States and requiring all the officers thereof, according to their respective stations, to use their utmost endeavors to apprehend and bring those offenders to justice.

Context

Proclamation 3A—Offering Reward for the Capture of Participants in the Burning of a Georgia Cherokee Indian Town

12/11/1792

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