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Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. A charaéler who rendered fuch eminent fer vices to his country, both at home and abroad, in feafons of the greatef''t gloominefs and danger, and who poffeffed fuch an extenfive knowledge of po litics and government, did not remain unnoticed by his grateful countrymen. He was called, in 1789, by the choice of his country, to the Vice l''refidency of the United States.