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    • Washington, George

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1From George Washington to Edward Rutledge, 23 November 1789 (Washington Papers)
I have been favoured with your letter of the 31st ultimo, and am very happy to learn that the appointments under the general Government have given so much satisfaction in your part of the Union. Added to the consciousness of having brought forward such characters only to fill the several offices in the United States, as, from my own knowledge, or the strictest inquiries, I conceived would do...