Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 373
ere wasdanger that it would not be adopted, andsoon Washington, in his letters, was usingarguments in support of it. There is nodoubt that his name at the head of thepaper did a great deal toward inducingpeople to accept it. It was more than ayear before enough States had adoptedthe Constitution to… … SlGAR-BOWL BELONGING TOMARTHA WASHINGTON I DINNER-SET PRESENTED TOGENERAL LAFAYETTE. luctant to be President. He was not old; he wasfifty-seven years of age when the election tookplace, but his hard life as a soldier had brokenhis constitution, and the cares and anxieties hehad undergone had made…
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