If ever there was a natural alliance, surely it is between the republics of the Netherlands and the United States. The Dutch first gave asylum to the pilgrims. New York and New Jersey were first settled by your countrymen.
DBDutch Banker
May I remind you that the Netherlands were a republic long before America was even an idea?
Indeed. Indeed, sir. If I may, America and Holland are so close in history, in religion, in government that every Dutchman instructed in the subject must pronounce the American Revolution just and necessary, or pass censure on the greatest actions of his immortal ancestors.
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