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5464. MONOPOLY, Whale oil.—[further continued].

I have obtained the promise
of an explanatory Arret to declare that that
of September 28 [1788], was not meant to extend
to us. Orders are accordingly given in
the ports to receive our [oils]. This places
us on a better footing than ever, as it gives us
a monopoly of this market in conjunction with
the French fishermen.—
To Thomas Paine. Washington ed. ii, 549.
(P. 1788)