[1316] In summarizing Marshall's speech, it is necessary to collect his arguments on any given point, and present them consecutively. In Robertson's (Elliott) report Marshall scatters his points in distracting fashion.
[1317] Madison to Hamilton, June 20, 1788; Hamilton MSS., Lib. Cong.
[1318] The members of the Convention were carefully watched and each side made, every night, a minute estimate of its votes.
[1319] Madison to his father, June 20, 1788; Writings: Hunt, v, footnote to 216.
[1320] Madison to Hamilton, June 22, 1788; Hamilton MSS., Lib. Cong.
[1321] Ib.
[1322] Madison to Hamilton, June 22, 1788; Hamilton MSS., Lib. Cong.
[1323] Elliott, iii, 576.
[1324] Elliott, iii, 577-80.
[1325] Grigsby, i, 300. See Washington's letters to Stephen during the year of Marshall's birth, when Stephen, under Washington, was fighting the French and Indians. (Writings: Ford, i, 227, 322, 332, 360; also Proceedings, Council of War, Oct. 30, 1756; ib., 364-71; in which Colonel Adam Stephen was presiding officer.)