09/18/1796
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"Under these circumstances, to discharge the dragoons does not seem to comport with economy."
"It will be inconvenient and injurious to the public to dismiss the light dragoons as soon as notice of the law can be conveyed to them."
"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..."
"To such men I shall cheerfully yield the palm of genius and talents to serve our common country."