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Algernon Sidney was a pseudonym used by Gideon Granger (d. 1822), a native of Connecticut and a graduate of Yale, who served as Postmaster General under Thomas Jefferson. As a member of the administration he voiced his support for Jefferson's policies, including his efforts to resolve the crisis ignited by Spain's revocation of the right of deposit at New Orleans. Granger wrote this Vindication after the appointment of James Monroe "to regain the enjoyment of the right of deposit, to remove, and in future, prevent the embarrassments under which the Western states labor; to enlarge the rights of the nation, and ensure those already acquired beyond the possibility of dispute or contest."      [Algernon Sidney. A Vindication of the Measures of the Present Administration (Hartford, 1803)]

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