[1112] King to Langdon, June 10, 1788; King, i, 331.
[1113] Hamilton to Madison, May 19, 1788; Works: Lodge, ix, 430. See also ib., 432.
[1114] Knox to King, June 19, 1788; King, i, 335.
[1115] Hill to Thatcher, Jan. 1, 1788; Hist. Mag. (2d Series), vi, 261.
[1116] King to Madison, May 25, 1788; King, i, 329.
[1117] Hamilton to Madison, June 27, 1788; Works: Lodge, ix, 436. Virginia had ratified the Constitution two days before Hamilton wrote this letter, but the news did not reach New York until long afterward.
[1118] Hamilton to Madison, June 8, 1788; Works: Lodge, ix, 432-34.
[1119] Grigsby, i, 8. About three eighths of Virginia's population were slaves valued at many millions of dollars.
[1120] Grigsby, i, footnote to 50; also 32; and see examples given by Judge Scott, in Scott, 235-38.
[1121] Grigsby, i, footnote to 36; and see 29, 62, 339.