[551] Marshall to his wife, July 5, 1797; MS.
[552] Marshall to Washington, July 7, 1797; MS., Lib. Cong.
[553] Marshall to his wife, July 11, 1797; MS.
[554] This, of course, was untrue, at that time. Marshall probably listened with polite interest to Adams, who was a master of the subject, and agreed with him. Thus Adams was impressed, as is the way of human nature.
[555] Adams to Gerry, July 17, 1797; Works: Adams, viii, 549.
[556] Aurora, July 17, 1797.
[557] Aurora, July 19, 1797. For documents given envoys by the Government, see Am. St. Prs., For. Rel., Class I, ii, 153.
[558] Marshall to Secretary of State, July 10, 1797; Memorandum by Pickering; Pickering MSS., in Proc., Mass. Hist. Soc., xxi, 177.
[559] Marshall to his wife, "The Bay of Delaware," July 20, 1797; MS.
[560] Washington's remarks on Monroe's "View"; Writings: Ford, xiii, 452.