Note 284 — Chapter II
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The elation of Jedediah Morse over the turn affairs seemed to be taking was great. Under date of May 21, 1798, he wrote Wolcott, dilating on “the wonderful and happy change in the public mind. Opposition is shrinking into its proper insignificance, stripped of the support of its deluded honest friends. I now feel it is an honour to be an American.” (Wolcott Papers, vol. viii, 23.)