"heroes have made poets, and poets heroes."
George Washington to Lafayette | Wednesday, May 28, 1788
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Letter to Edmund Pendleton | Thursday, January 22, 1795
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Address to Congress resigning his commission | Tuesday, December 23, 1783
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George Washington, Eighth Annual Message to Congress | Wednesday, December 07, 1796
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General Orders | Tuesday, July 02, 1776
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Letter to James McHenry | Friday, August 10, 1798
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