[881] Oct. 11, 1798. The questions of "Freeholder" were, undoubtedly, written with Marshall's knowledge. Indeed a careful study of them leads one to suspect that he wrote or suggested them himself.
[882] The Times and Virginia Advertiser, Alexandria, Virginia, October 11, 1798. This paper, however, does not give "Freeholder's" questions. The Columbian Centinel, Boston, October 20, 1798, prints both questions and answers, but makes several errors in the latter. The correct version is given in Appendix III, infra, where "Freeholder's" questions and Marshall's answers appear in full.
[883] Ames to Gore, Dec. 18, 1798; Works: Ames, i, 245-47.
[884] Sedgwick to Pickering, Oct. 23, 1798; Pickering MSS., Mass. Hist. Soc.
[885] Columbian Centinel (Boston), Oct. 24, 1798.
[886] Cabot to King, April 26, 1799; King, iii, 9.
[887] This was not true. The Fairfax embarrassment, alone, caused Marshall to go to France in 1797.
[888] Pickering to Sedgwick, Nov. 6, 1798; Pickering MSS., Mass. Hist. Soc.
[889] Murray to J. Q. Adams, March 22, 1799; Letters: Ford, 530. Murray had been a member of Congress and a minor Federalist politician. By "us" he means the extreme Federalist politicians.
[890] Marshall to Pickering, Oct. 22, 1798; Pickering MSS., Mass. Hist. Soc.