THOMAS JEFFERSON, Philadelphia, to GEORGE WASHINGTON.

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Cites reasons why Washington should continue as President: a public debt so large that it strains the impost; draining of specie abroad by payments on the foreign debt; large amount of paper money that encourages speculation, corrupts the legislature, and menaces the republican form of government. Only hope of safety lies in numerous representation. Possibility of a split North and South if the paper money, monarchical interest remains dominant. Negotiations with England and Spain are at a delicate point. [343]

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L. 7 pp. Copied by Cornelia J. Randolph for N. P. Trist, ca. 1830. Letterpress copy in DLC. Printed: Ford VI 1-6; Tucker I 427-434; L B VIII 341-349; Penn. Mag. of Hist. and Biog. XX 342.

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