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There are combustibles in every State, which a spark might set fire to. --Washington, 26 December 1786

Jacob Lawrence American

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There are combustibles in every State, which a spark might set fire to. --Washington, 26 December 1786, Jacob Lawrence (American, Atlantic City, New Jersey 1917–2000 Seattle, Washington), Egg tempera on hardboard

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