13 Dec. 1816
Original paper slip text:13 Dec. 1816
Report, by John Gorham Palfrey, of Andrews Norton's anecdote, told 13 Dec. 1816, of JA's remark about a comparison of his own administration with Washington's: "Gen. W[ashington], sir, was a block of wood," &c.
JA—Notes and Memoranda
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Printed :Printed: Frank Otto Gatell, "A Block of Wood," in the "Trivia" section of WMQ, 3d ser., 15:93–94 (Jan. 1958), from MS in Palfrey Papers, Box 1814–1816, folder "1816, JGP," in Houghton Library, Harvard University.;
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