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7319. REPUBLIC (French), Gratitude to.—

I hope you have been sensible of the general
interest which my countrymen take in all
the successes of your republic. In this no
one joins with more enthusiasm than myself,
an enthusiasm kindled by our love of liberty,
by my gratitude to your nation who helped
us to acquire it, by my wishes to see it extended
to all men, and first to those whom
we love most.—
To M. Odit. Washington ed. iv, 123.
(M. May. 1795)