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5038. MANUFACTURES, National defence and.—

The endeavors of five years,
aided with some internal manufacturers, have


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not yet found a tolerable supply of arms. To
make these within ourselves, then, as well as
the other implements of war, is as necessary
as to make our bread within ourselves.—
To Speaker House of Delegates. Ford ed., ii, 267.
(Wg. 1779)