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6540. PENNSYLVANIA, Patriotism.—

I shall always be thankful for any information
* * * which may enable me to understand
the differences of opinion and interest which
seem to be springing up in Pennsylvania, and to
be subjects of uneasiness. If that State splits
it will let us down into the abyss. I hope so
much from the patriotism of all, that they will
make all smaller interests give way to the


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greater importance of the general welrare.—
To William Duane. Ford ed., viii, 54.
(W. May. 1801)