taint

[Mullins, Bill]

Are you saying that the Father of our Country used the word "taint" in
this sense?   What's the cite?
(I bet that doesn't come out when you do the Mount Vernon tour . . . ).

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> Once again, Thank God for George Washington !
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> JL
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