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2457. ELECTIONS (Presidential, 1796), Vice-Presidency.—

On principles of public
respect I should not have refused [the Presidency];
but I protest before my God, that I
shall, from the bottom of my heart, rejoice at
escaping.—
To Edward Rutledge. Washington ed. iv, 151. Ford ed., vii, 93.
(M. Dec. 1796)

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