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751. BARBARY STATES, Great Britain and.—

I hinted to the Count de Vergennes
that I thought the English capable of
administering aid to the Algerines. He seemed
to think it impossible on account of the scandal
it would bring on them.—
To John Jay. Washington ed. i, 575. Ford ed., iv, 228.
(P. 1786)