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No.	Author	Recipient	Title	Date	Context
1	Adams, John	Dana, Francis	From John Adams to Francis Dana, [10 July 1789]	1789-07-10	...department which must be considered as the Key-Stone of our political fabric,” immediately...
2	Jefferson, Thomas	Adams, John	To John Adams from Thomas Jefferson, 28 October 1813	1813-10-28	...a favorable moment, call it up and make it the key–stone of the arch of our government.
3	Jay, John	Franklin, Benjamin	To Benjamin Franklin from John Jay, 30 January 1782	1782-01-30	..., on the other,— thus you continue like the Key Stone of an Arch, pressed by both sides &...
4	Langdon, John	Washington, George	To George Washington from John Langdon, 21 June 1788	1788-06-21	...Constitution, 57 yeas 46 Nays—thereby placeing the Key Stone in the great Arch, this I hope...
5	Lear, Tobias	Washington, George	To George Washington from Tobias Lear, 31 July 1788	1788-07-31	...the ratification by New Hampshire was the Key-stone of the fabrick, they still...
6	Boudinot, Elias	Washington, George	To George Washington from Elias Boudinot, 6 April 1789	1789-04-06	...I consider it, under Providence, as the key-Stone to our political Fabrick. It is from...
7	Washington, George	United States Senate	From George Washington to the United States Senate, 24 …	1789-09-24	...—“that department which must be considered as the Key-Stone of our political fabric”—the most...
8	Washington, George	Jay, John	From George Washington to John Jay, 5 October 1789	1789-10-05	...head of that department which must be considered as the Key-Stone of our political fabric.
9	Morris, Gouverneur	Washington, George	To George Washington from Gouverneur Morris, 24 January …	1790-01-24	...the executive Authority, which certainly is the Key Stone in the great Arche of Empire I...
10	Washington, George	Pickering, Timothy	From George Washington to Timothy Pickering, 18 July …	1796-07-18	...decision was constitutionally essential, was the key stone in the arch, and bound...