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</html><description>On August 21, 1790 President Washington sent a letter in reply to one which had been read to him on 18 August by Moses Seixas. Washington was making his first trip to Rhode Island and this was shortly after Rhode Island had ratified the Constitution. Seixas was a member and official of the Jewish synagogue &hellip;</description><thumbnail_url>https://balloon-juice.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/gw-369x600.jpg</thumbnail_url></oembed>
