Uniformity in the currency, weights, and measures of the United States…

George Washington
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Uniformity in the currency, weights, and measures of the United States is an object of great importance, and will, I am persuaded, be duly attended to. ✨ George Washington, Jared Sparks (1838). The Writings of George Washington: Being His Correspondence, Addresses, Messages, and Other Papers, Official and Private, p.9
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