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A PLOT FOR OBTAINING THE LOWER PENINSULA OF MICHIGAN
The connection of the Canadian proprietors with the scheme does not appear to have been made public; and it is probable they were not intended to appear until the scheme was consummated.
Immediately after the plan was concocted the three American partners set about operating upon the members of the next Congress. They associated with them Colonel Pepune and others; Jones, of Massachusetts, aiding them in their honorable work. Whitney first applied to Daniel Buck, a member from Vermont, and was indiscreet enough not only to inform him pretty plainly of the plan proposed, but also to show him the articles of agreement.
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