[1152] Elliott, iii, 1.
[1153] Ib., 5-6; also, Journal of the Convention, 7-11.
[1154] Grigsby, i, 69-70. In the descriptions of the dress, manners, and appearance of those who took part in the debate, Grigsby's account has been followed. Grigsby took infinite pains and gave many years to the gathering and verifying of data on these picturesque subjects; he was personally intimate with a large number of the immediate descendants of the members of the Convention and with a few who were eye-witnesses; and his reconstruction of the scenes in the Convention is believed to be entirely accurate.
[1155] Elliott, iii, 3.
[1156] Mason's clause-to-clause resolve was, "contrary to his expectations, concurred in by the other side." (Madison to Washington, June 4, 1788; Writings: Hunt, v, footnote to 124.) And see Washington's gleeful report to the New York Constitutionalists of Mason's error: "This [Mason's resolve] was as unexpected as acceptable to the federalists, and their ready acquiescence seems to have somewhat startled the opposite side for fear they had committed themselves." (Washington to Jay, June 8, 1788; Writings: Ford, xi, 271.)
[1157] Elliott, iii, 4.
[1158] Grigsby, i, 77.
[1159] For a discussion of this tactical blunder of the opponents of the Constitution, see Grigsby, i, 72.
[1160] Elliott, iii, 4.
[1161] Grigsby, i, 75.