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  <dc:title>Letter from Alexander Cumine to Alexander Ogilvie</dc:title>
  <dc:description>Assessment of the colony.  'All people are on a equal footing accepting the Dutch and foreign settlers who are not much regarded' ... 'the Scots are very numerous and are extremely industrious and sober by which means they are become the principall merchants in the place...' (which makes them desirable as husbands).</dc:description>
  <dc:date>17 June 1763</dc:date>
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