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. . . a warm Diversion upon the Coasts of the Massachuset's Bay, and New Hampshire, would not only impede the Levies for the Continental Army, but tend much to the Security of Our Trade, and indeed, it scarcely admits a doubt but that these Benefits must inevitably result from such an Arrangement; For as, on one hand, it is scarcely to be expected that those Provinces will part with men when their Presence must be wanted for the internal Defence of their own respective Districts; so, on the other, a salutary Check will unavoidably be put to the Successes of the Rebel Privateers, when we have destroyed or taken Possession of their Ports. . . .