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"Feelings not unlike those of a culprit...going to the place of his execution"
George Washington to Henry Knox, April 1, 1789



Related Documents:

The New Republic, 1789, by Mercy Otis Warren

Postmaster's First Report, 1790, by Samuel Osgood

Roger Sherman to Governor Samuel Huntington, 1790, by Roger Sherman

Thomas Jefferson to Gouverneur Morris, 1790, by Thomas Jefferson

Report on Manufactures, 1791, by Alexander Hamilton

George Washington to Gouverneur Morris, 1793, by George Washington

Haitian Revolution, 1802, by Charles Victor Emmanuel LeClerc

The Citizen Genet Affair, 1796, by Thomas Jefferson

The Whiskey Rebellion, 1794, by U.S. Congress

The Whiskey Rebellion, 1795, by William Paterson

John Jay to Sally Jay, 1794, by John Jay

James Monroe to John Jay, 1795, by James Monroe

Washington's Farewell Address, 1796, by George Washington

Charles Carroll to James McHenry, 1796, by Charles Carroll

Fulton on Free Trade, 1798, by Robert Fulton

The Quasi-War with France and the XYZ Affair, 1798, by John Jay

Alien and Sedition Acts, 1799, by Alexander Addison

Thomas Jefferson to John Eppes, 1799, by Thomas Jefferson

Washington on Democratic Politics, 1799, by George Washington

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