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Judge Peters had already given me his verbal approbation of my Portrait, but being desirous of having it in Writing, according to Judge Marshalls  recommendation, I requested him to see the Picture again, as some alterations had been made in it 
He came- expressed himself still satisfied with it, and gave me after a few days a too flattering approbation of it

[[stamp]] Archives of American Art [[/stamp]]

No 10 76th Copy
I remove my portrait of the General, and show him to you as President Washington It is perhaps worthy of some note, that after making many Copies, with undiminished [[strikthrough]] success [[/strikethrough]] efforts to make them equally correct, this my 76th and last Copy, recently made strikes me as realizing more of his actual presence as he sat before me in the Autumn of 1795.
I submit it to your inspection.