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In May, when a Senate committee took up the explosive issue of titles, Adams suggested that Washington be addressed as His Highness, the President of the United States of America and Protector of their Liberties.34 Adams provided fodder for contemporary wags and was promptly dubbed His Rotundity or the Duke of Braintree.

Ron Chernow

In May, when a Senate committee took up the explosive issue of titles, Adams suggested that Washington be addressed as His Highness, the President of the United States of America and Protector of their Liberties.34 Adams provided fodder for contemporary wags and was promptly dubbed His Rotundity or the Duke of Braintree.

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