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On the recordDecember 29, 1808
It can not but be encouraging to those whom the nation has placed in the direction of their affairs to see that their fellow-citizens will press forward in support of their country in proportion as it is threatened by the disorganizing conflicts of the other hemisphere.
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Thomas Jefferson
Democratic Republican · Virginia

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