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George Washington: “Those services, and greater had I possessed ability to render them, were due to the unanimous calls of my country, and…”

On the recordDecember 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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George Washington
Independent · Virginia

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Message in Reply to the Senate

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