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George Washington
@georgewashington· Independent · VA· Jan 19, 1794

the strongest assurances have been given that his recall should be expedited without delay

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George Washington
@georgewashington· Independent · VA· Jan 6, 1794

An establishment of this nature, by securing a regular and punctual accountability for the issues of public supplies, would be a great guard against abuse.

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George Washington
@georgewashington· Independent · VA· Dec 15, 1793

Both justice and policy require that the source of that information should remain secret.

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George Washington
@georgewashington· Independent · VA· Dec 6, 1793

I shall not affect to conceal the cordial satisfaction which I derive from the address of the House of Representatives.

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George Washington
@georgewashington· Independent · VA· Dec 6, 1793

For the fulfillment of your anticipations of the future I can give no other assurance than that the motives which you approve shall continue unchanged.

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George Washington
@georgewashington· Independent · VA· Dec 6, 1793

It is truly gratifying to me to learn that the proclamation has been considered as a seasonable guard against the interruption of the public peace.

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George Washington
@georgewashington· Independent · VA· Feb 27, 1793

I think it my duty, therefore, to declare that I deem the nomination to have been null by the Constitution.

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George Washington
@georgewashington· Independent · VA· Feb 18, 1793

It has been agreed on the part of the United States that a treaty or conference shall be held at the ensuing season with the hostile Indians northwest of the Ohio.

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George Washington
@georgewashington· Independent · VA· Jan 24, 1793

I lay before you an official statement of the expenditure to the year 1792 from the sum of $10,000.

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George Washington
@georgewashington· Independent · VA· Dec 11, 1792

I have received authentic information that certain lawless and wicked persons of the western frontier in the State of Georgia did lately invade, burn, and destroy a town belonging to the Cherokee Nation.

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George Washington
@georgewashington· Independent · VA· Dec 11, 1792

I do moreover offer a reward of $500 for each and every of the above-named persons who shall be so apprehended and brought to justice.

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George Washington
@georgewashington· Independent · VA· Dec 11, 1792

I have therefore thought fit to issue this my proclamation, hereby exhorting all the citizens of the United States and requiring all the officers thereof, according to their respective stations, to use their utmost endeavors to apprehend…

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George Washington
@georgewashington· Independent · VA· Dec 6, 1792

upon the result of your deliberations the future conduct of the Executive will on this occasion materially depend.

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George Washington
@georgewashington· Independent · VA· Dec 5, 1792

The several measures which have been pursued to induce the hostile Indian tribes north of the Ohio to enter into a conference or treaty with the United States at which all causes of difference might be fully understood and justly and…

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George Washington
@georgewashington· Independent · VA· Nov 8, 1792

It will remain with the Legislature to take such measures as it shall think best for settling the said boundary with that State.

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