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7490. REVOLUTION (American), New England and Virginia.—

Throughout the
whole of the Revolution, Virginia and the four
New England States acted together; indeed they
made the Revolution. Their five votes were
always to be counted on; but they had to pick
up the remaining two for a majority, when
and where they could.—
Daniel Webster's Conversation with Jefferson. Ford ed., x, 329.