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5165. MERCHANTS, Protection of.—

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.—
Foreign Commerce Report. Washington ed. vii, 649. Ford ed., vi, 482.
(Dec. 1793)