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5099. MARKETS, Wheat and flour.—[continued].

It seems that so far from
giving new liberties to our corn trade, Portugal
contemplates the prohibition of it, by
giving that trade exclusively to Naples. What
would she say should we give her wine trade
exclusive to France and Spain? * * * Can
a wise statesman seriously think of risking
such a prospect as this?—
To David Humphreys. Washington ed. iii, 488.
(Pa., 1792)