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De Alexander: “But their antipathy to Jacobins and to Jefferson, and the latter's partiality for France, drove them into sympathy with…”

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But their antipathy to Jacobins and to Jefferson, and the latter's partiality for France, drove them into sympathy with Great Britain's struggle against Napoleon, until the people suspected them of too great fondness for English institutions and English principles.
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Republican · New York

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Alexander explains how the Federalists' opposition to Jefferson and the Jacobins led to perceptions of their loyalty to Britain.

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