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5444. MONOPOLY, Suppress.—

A company
had silently and by unfair means obtained
a monopoly for the making and selling
spermaceti candles [in France]. As soon
as we [338] discovered it, we solicited its suppression
which is effected by a clause in the
Arret.
To John Jay. Washington ed. ii, 342.
(P. 1787)

 
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An acknowledgment of Lafayette's assistance.——Editor.