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Vergennes, Comte de, French Minister, Franklin and, 21; Otto’s letter to, 101-103.

Vermont, withdraws from New York and New Hampshire, 68; attitude in Shays’ Rebellion, 95.

Vincennes, effect of Ordinance of 1784 on, 71.

Virginia, abolishes primogeniture, 46; cession of western claims to United States, 58, 59, 62; agreement with Maryland, 100; Annapolis Trade Convention, 100-101, 103-104; ratification of Constitution, 150, 155-156, 157.

Virginia Resolutions, see Virginia Plan.