We also offer other documents that would supplement and complement this collection, or are available individually, including:

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• George Washington Anticipates the Arrival of the French Expeditionary Force, 1780

• George Washington's Political Manifesto: His Draft First Inaugural Address, 1789

• George Washington's First Presidential Thanksgiving Proclamation, 1789

• George Washington Asks John Jay to be Minister to Great Britain, 1794

• John Adams Admits Failure to Negotiate a Treaty with Great Britain, 1786

• John Adams Writes to His Son in Europe about the Potential for War with France, 1798

• Thomas Jefferson's Response for the Continental Congress to Lord North's Conciliatory Proposal, 1775

• Thomas Jefferson on the Possibility of Reconciliation with John Adams, 1804

• Thomas Jefferson to Robert Fulton Discussing the Spirit of Innovation, 1810

• Thomas Jefferson on Wine, 1818

• Congress forms the First Continental Association, 1774

• Patriotic Toasts Offered by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, 1769

• Rare First-Day Printing of the U.S. Constitution in an Anti-Federalist Newspaper, 1787

• Early Printing of the Bill of Rights Days after Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson Announces their Ratification, 1792

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