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1413. COMMERCE, Merchants and.—

Where a nation refuses permission to our
merchants and factors to reside within certain
parts of their dominions, we may, if it should
be thought expedient, refuse residence to
theirs in any and every part of ours, or modify
their transactions.—
Report on Foreign Commerce and Navigation. Washington ed. vii, 649. Ford ed., vi, 482.
(Dec. 1793)