Farewell Address
09/18/1796
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Under these circumstances, to discharge the dragoons does not seem to comport with economy.
I hope I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the chara...
Believe me, sir, no one can more cordially approve of the wise and prudent measures of your Administration.
Satisfied, therefore, that you have sincerely wished and endeavored to avert war, and exhausted to the last drop the cup...