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1To George Washington from John R. Livingston, 26 May 1789 (Washington Papers)
Where great services have been performed, or where great talents are centered, a confidence is seldom wanting to make application for employment; but as it would be boasting to pretend either to one or the other, it is with diffidence I now address your Excellency upon this subject For when I compare a few years services with the late Presidents of Congress to the many arduous and difficult...