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1042. CABINET, Indebtedness to.—

Far
from assuming to myself the merit of the
measures you note, they belong first, to a wise
and patriotic Legislature, which has given
them the form and sanction of law, and next
to my faithful and able fellow laborers in the
Executive administration.—
R. To A. Massachusetts Legislature. Washington ed. viii, 116. 1807)