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A PLOT FOR OBTAINING THE LOWER PENINSULA OF MICHIGAN
Esq., at Detroit. Upon examining the list it appears that the feeling was very strong in favor of Great Britain; and any step tending to carry out the interests of that kingdom would have met with favor from many, if not from a majority, of the men of substance. The neighborhood, in Canada, had been settled to a considerable extent by a population to whom the American name was an abomination. At the close of the Revolution the refugee Tories were cast upon the care of the British, and lands were set apart in that portion of Canada lying along Lake Erie,
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