May the children of the stock of Abraham who dwell in this land continue to merit and enjoy the good will of the other inhabitants—while everyone shall sit in safety under his own vine and fig tree and there shall be none to make him afraid.
May the father of all mercies scatter light, and not darkness, upon our paths, and make us all in our several vocations useful here, and in His own due time and way everlastingly happy.
President George Washington, in a Letter to the Hebrew Congregation of Newport, Rhode Island, August 21, 1790
Here's the whole letter: https://loeb.columbian.gwu.edu/george-washingtons-letter-hebrew-congregation-newport-rhode-island
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