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2571. EMBARGO, Opposition to.—[further continued] .

The tories of Boston
openly threaten insurrection if their importation
of flour is stopped. The next post will
stop it. I fear your Governor is not up to the
tone of these parricides, and I hope, on the
first symptom of an open opposition to the law
by force, you will fly to the scene, and aid in
suppressing any commotion.—
To Henry Dearborn. Washington ed. v, 334. Ford ed., ix, 201.
(M. Aug. 1808)