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Works in favorable and proper situations on the Lakes would be found to be as indispensably necessary, in case of war, to carry on safe and successful naval operations as fortifications on the Atlantic seaboard.
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Tyler argues for the necessity of naval operations on the Great Lakes during wartime.
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