Note 132 — Chapter I
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For an excellent statement of the conduct of the Federalists at this time see Morison: Otis, ii, 53-66. "The militia of Massachusetts, seventy thousand in enrolment, well-drilled, and well-equipped, was definitely withdrawn from the service of the United States in September, 1814." (Babcock, 155.) Connecticut did the same thing. (Ib. 156.)