"not among ours". He concluded:

Fraud was prevalent under the charter. For example the Sprague family, owners of a mill company employing thousands, manipulatively recruited proxy voters by temporarily granting male employees quitclaim deeds and directing them in how to vote. These deeds were returned to the family the day after the vote.

Opposition to reform was strongest among freemen aligned with the Whig Party, living mainly in the south of the state, while pro-reform

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