Note 18 — Chapter II · ARGUMENTS AND SPEECHES; LIFE OF WASHINGTON; RELATIONS WITH JEFFERSON
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The President had written to the Secretary of State from Quincy, May 21, 1799: “How far the President of the United States would be justified in directing the judge to deliver up the offender is not clear. I have no objection to advise, and request him to do so.” Wharton’s State Trials, 418.