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Soldiers were owed years of back pay and officers conspired to engage in a mutiny. But Washington defused the threat with his now famous "Newburgh Address" that brought many to tears. Essentially, Washington reminded them the goal of the American Revolution that they all fought and many died for and that "all legitimate power derived from the consent of the public." (source: "George Washington: His Excellency" [2005] by Joseph J.Ellis)

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