The bosom of America is open to receive not only the opulent & respectable Stranger, but the oppressed & persecuted of all Nations & Religions; whom we shall wellcome to a participation of all our rights & previleges, if by decency & propriety of conduct they appear to merit the enjoyment.
Tuesday, December 18, 2018
George Washington on Refugees
Washington wrote to a recent immigrant from Ireland in 1783, who was representative of a number of such immigrants:
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