On overcoming difficulties during the Revolutionary War.
12/31/1778
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I can not express how greatly affected I am at this new proof of public confidence.
Those who have been blessed with the privileges of education should be the guardians of those privileges for the benefit...
Satisfied, therefore, that you have sincerely wished and endeavored to avert war, and exhausted to the last drop the cup...
Under these circumstances, to discharge the dragoons does not seem to comport with economy.