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Show IPdshington Note I Sells for $1,575 ALETTEIt written by George Washington, Wash-ington, regarded as most Interesting, Inter-esting, changed hands recently at a sale In the Anderson galleries of autographs auto-graphs from the library of the lute Henry Cady Sturges of New York dry. The price puld for the letter was $1,57.1 This is the letter In which Washington said he was not Inclined to accept the presidency. The missive was addressed to Jonathun Trumbull. The letter rends: "Mount Vernon, Dec. 4th, 17KS. "My dear Sir: It Is sometime since I had the pleasure to receive your favor of the 2Sth of October hut as I had nothing particular to send In return, re-turn, I postponed writing until the present time to see whether anything new would turn up. Nothing of Importance Im-portance has occurred. Put in the meantime, I was extremely happy to find that your State was going on so well as to federal affairs; and you will permit me to Ray that I have not been a little pleased with observing that your name stood so high In the nomination for Itepresentatlves to Congress. "In general the appointments to the Senate seem to have been very happy. Much will depend upon having disinterested dis-interested and respectable characters In both Houses. For if the New Congress Con-gress should be composed of characters charac-ters In whom the citizens will naturally natural-ly place a confidence. It will be a most fortunate circumstance for conciliating conciliat-ing their good will to the government and then. If the 'government cun be carried on without touching the purses of the people too deeply, I think It will not be In the power of the adversaries of It, to throw everything into confusion, confu-sion, by effecting premature amendments. amend-ments. A few months will, however, show what we are to expect. "I believe you know me sufficiently well, my dear Trumbull, to conceive that I sm very much perplexed Sc distressed dis-tressed In my own mind, respecting the subject to which you allude. "If I should (unluckily for me), he reduced to the necessity of giving nn answer to the question, which you suppose will certainly be put to me, I would fn In do what was In all respects best. lint how can I know what is best, or on what shall I determine? May Heaven assist me In forming n Judgment; for at present, I see nothing noth-ing hut clouds and darkness before mo. Thus much I mny safely say to you In confidence; If ever I should, from apparent necessity, be Induced to go from home In a public character again It will certainly be the greatest sacrifice of feeling & happiness that ever v.,is or ever can be made by him. who will have In all situation-), (lie pleasure to prufesn bimv-if, with sentiments of r.-al esteem, "Your nlTei te friend and ol-cdt Servant, (Signed) "O. WASHINC I'iiX." |