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" I was duped into by the secretary of the treasury, and made a tool for forwarding his schemes, not then sufficiently understood by me ; and of all the errors of my political life, this has occasioned me the deepest regret. "
The Writings of George Washington: Being His Correspondence, Addresses ... - Page 518
by George Washington - 1836
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The History of the United States of America, Volume 4

Richard Hildreth - 1849 - 744 pages
...resolution I was duped into by the Secretary of the Treasury, and made a. tool for forwarding his schemes, and, of all the errors of my political life, this has occasioned me the deepest regret." The allusion here was to Jefferson's agency in bringing about the log-rolling compromise, by which...
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The History of the United States of America, Volume 4

Richard Hildreth - 1851 - 716 pages
...and as little as possible with the co-departments. The first and only instance of variance from the former part of my resolution I was duped into by the...Treasury, and made a tool for forwarding his schemes, and, of all the errors of my political life, this has occasioned me the deepest regret." The allusion...
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The History of the United States of America, Volume 4

Richard Hildreth - 1852 - 718 pages
...and as little as possible with the co-departments. The first and only instance of variance from the former part of my resolution I was duped into by the...Treasury, and made a tool for forwarding his schemes, and, of all the errors of my political life, this has occasioned me the deepest regret." The allusion...
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The Life of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 2

Henry Stephens Randall - 1858 - 728 pages
...and as little as possible with my co-departments. The first and only instance of variance from the former part of my resolution, I was duped into by...political life, this has occasioned me the deepest regret.1 It has ever been my purpose to explain this to you, when, from being actors on the scene,...
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Chronicle of the conquest of Granada

Washington Irving - 1859 - 468 pages
...and as little as possible with my co-departments. The first and only instance of variance from the former part of my resolution, I was duped into by...political life, this has occasioned me the deepest regret. * * * If it has been supposed that I have ever intrigued among the members of the legislature to defeat...
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Life of George Washington, Volume 5

Washington Irving - 1859 - 524 pages
...possible with my co-departments. The first and only instance of variance from the former part of rny resolution, I was duped into by the Secretary of the...by me ; and of all the errors of my political life, tlus has occasioned me the deepest regret." * * * * " If it has been supposed that I have ever intrigued...
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History of the Presbyterian Church in Trenton, N. J.: From the First ...

John Hall - 1859 - 490 pages
...to hold the candle" in this game, (Ana., Works, vol. Iz. p. 92 ;) and again, " I was duped into it by the Secretary of the Treasury, and made a tool for forwarding his schemes, and of all the errors of my political life, this has occasioned me the deepest regret." (Letter quoted...
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Jefferson and the American Democracy: An Historical Study

Cornelis Henri de Witt - 1862 - 496 pages
...his country. ' I was duped,' so he expressed himself two years after, in a letter to the President, ' by the Secretary of the Treasury, and made a tool...life, this has occasioned me the deepest regret.'* But at the time of the bill's passing, his jealousy was as yet unaroused, and he was entirely given...
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Works, Volume 39

Washington Irving - 1857 - 488 pages
...and as little as possible with my co-departments. The first and only instance of variance from the former part of my resolution, I was duped into by...life, this has occasioned me the deepest regret." . . . " If it has been supposed that I have ever intrigued among the members of the legislature to...
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Alexander Hamilton and His Contemporaries: Or, The Rise of the American ...

Christopher James Riethmüller - 1864 - 480 pages
...intentions. Might not fiscal schemes be directed to obtain political influence 1 Had he not been duped by the Secretary of the Treasury, and made a tool for forwarding his ambitious views? Was Hamilton really a republican, and might not the liberties of the country be in...
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