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Hoar was, I suppose, beyond all question, the highest authority in New England, indeed in the whole country, on the difficult and abstruse questions belonging to the law of water privileges and running streams.
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Hoar acknowledges the expertise of Samuel Hoar in the complex legal matters regarding water rights, establishing his authority in the field.
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