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The Dearborn Mamiscripts. 



which to maintain the good repute and honor of a State, and thus 

 guard against a blot upon lier escutcheon, be a worthy aim, then I 

 think that to be in possession of the complete papers of Massachusetts, 

 acting under the authority of the United States and of New York, in 

 a transaction where some have impugned the honor and justice of 

 New York, is a valuable acquisition to the records of the State. If 

 Massachusetts cared not for these papers, yet the day may come when 

 New York may be glad to appeal to these documents, making Massa- 

 chusetts to be a witness, to justify her treatment of the Indian denizens 

 within her jurisdiction. 



