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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - A State Museum exhibit highlighting New York residents who became president is featuring the original draft of George Washington's Farewell Address, written in his own hand.
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The special three-day, Presidents Weekend exhibit at the downtown Albany museum opens Friday and runs through Sunday.
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The exhibit honors Washington, the nation's first president, as well as political leaders who lived in New York and rose to the presidency, including Martin Van Buren, Millard Fillmore, Chester A. Arthur, Ulysses S. Grant, Grover Cleveland, and Theodore and Franklin Roosevelt.
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Washington published his Farewell Address in September 1796 after serving two terms as president and declining the opportunity to run for a third. New York state's original draft of the document was saved from the fire that heavily damaged the state Capitol in 1911.
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Source: http://colonie.wnyt.com/news/news/184110-ny-exhibits-draft-washingtons-farewell-address
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