Covert action comes home: Daniel Webster's secret operations against the citizens of Maine

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• An example of Tyler's desire to restrain expenses can be seen in his comment regarding a two hundred and fifty dollar payment to Sparks for his map mission. “I can only say that I should regard $250 to Mr. Sparks for the map fully enough. I do not doubt but that it will satisfy him. If otherwise we can see more about it.” See Merk, pp. 65n.51.
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