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All the perplexities, confusions, and distresses in America arise, not from defects in their constitution or confederation, not from a want of honor or virtue, so much as from downright ignorance of the nature of coin, credit, and circulation.
George Washington
Born: February 22, 1732
Died: December 14, 1799 (aged 67)
Bio: George Washington was the first President of the United States, the Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States.
Known for:
- George Washington's Farewell Address (1796)
- The journal of Major George Washington (1754)
- The writings of George Washington (1799)
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