Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Massachusetts” in chapter 1.4, section c.1.4.10, page 54 of Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 26.:
...ly territory of which she was actually in possession.
She might have held back and made endless trouble, just as, at the beginning of the Revolution she might have refused to make common cause with Massachusetts ; but in both instances her leading statesmen showed a far-sighted wisdom, and a
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