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and Miranda, in a letter to Mr. Hamilton, 

 of the United States, dated the 6th April, 

 1798, thought himself justified in anticipa- 

 ting the near approach of the emancipation 

 of his country. In another letter to the 

 same gentleman, dated the 19th of October 

 in the same year, he also spoke upon the 

 same subject, with the most confident 

 hopes ; and observed, that all that was 

 wanting was the fiat of the president. It 

 appears, that the British government agreed 

 to provide money and ships ; and that it 

 was proposed that the United States of 

 America should furnish ten thousand troops. 

 Mr. Adams, the then President of the United 

 States, declined, however, to transmit an 

 immediate answer; and the consequence 

 was, that the project was, for a second 

 time, postponed. 



It was not afterwards revived, till the 

 beginning of 1801, when Mr. Addington, 



