James Brothers writes: "It is my recollection that Washington was considered a number of times, and went out of his way to discourage it."
That is my recollection too--but I can't recall for the life of me where I read it.
Its certainly an interesting eddy in the tempestuous rapids of Virginia history :)
All best,
Kevin
Kevin R. Hardwick, Ph.D.
Department of History
James Madison University
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