In 1782 the western countiesofPennsylvania and Virginia threatened to break off and form a new State.
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P. S.-Couldyou or Mr. Vaux furnish me with an assessment of lands in the different countiesofPennsylvania?
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The opposition to the laws, which had so long been made in the western countiesofPennsylvania, existed no longer.
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The result was general acquiescence throughout most of the States, and renewed opposition in the western countiesofPennsylvania and North Carolina.
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They also made similar excursions into the contiguous countiesofPennsylvania, lying east of the Alleghany mountains, where numbers were ready to join them.