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8393. TERRITORY, Disputed.—

The
Colony of Virginia does not entertain a wish
that one inch should be added to theirs from
the territory of a sister Colony * * *.
The decision, whatever it be, will not annihilate
the lands. They will remain to be occupied
by Americans, and whether these be
counted in the members of this or that of the
United States will be thought a matter of
little moment.—
Letter to Pennsylvania Convention. Ford ed., ii, 65.
(July. 1776)