On This Day 250 Years Ago
April 5, 1775
Washington continues hosting yesterday’s guests at Mount Vernon, engaging in discussions centered on the escalating tension with Great Britain. Washington writes to George Mercer, his aide-de-camp during the French and Indian War, that he believes the American people want to reconcile with Britain but not “at the expence of their liberty, & the sacred compacts of Government.”
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