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had not forgotten that Dedel himself in 1785 had promoted the withdrawal of the stadtholder's right to appoint members of the
Admiralty boards. They wanted to repeal that measure, but Dedel and his friends did no want to make that concession. The group around Dedel sent Abraham Calkoen, one of their
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caved in under the threats. With the support of the
Amsterdam delegation in the States of Holland, the motion to prohibit the mission would have carried, and the Legion would not be sent to The Hague, but now the opposite resolution passed.
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Orangist side. The Amsterdam population was sharply divided between the Patriots and the Orangists. An important Orangist group were the so-called
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Orangist members was presented under the force of arms, and on 21 April these members slinked away. Dedel and his colleague Beels were formally dismissed as
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that already garrisoned the city, but were considered "unreliable". The mission was opposed by the
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