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To enable, by competent rewards, the employment of qualified and trusty persons to reside among them as agents would also contribute to the preservation of peace and good neighborhood.
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gutenberg.orgGeorge Washington: “To enable, by competent rewards, the employment of qualified and trusty persons to reside among them as agents would…”
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Washington advocates for employing trustworthy agents to foster peace and good relations with Native Americans.
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