[969] Cabot to King, March 10, 1799; King, ii, 552.
[970] Higginson to Pickering, April 16, 1800; Pickering MSS., Mass. Hist. Soc., printed in An. Rept., Amer. Hist. Assn., 1896, i, 836.
[971] For an excellent summary of this important episode in our history see Allen: Our Naval War with France.
[972] Pickering to King, March 6, 1799; King, ii, 548-49.
[973] Ames to Pickering, March 12, 1799; Works: Ames, i, 254.
[974] Ames to Dwight, Oct. 20, 1799; ib., 259.
[975] Ames to Pickering, Oct. 19, 1799; ib., 257.
[976] Wolcott to Ames, Aug. 10, 1800; Gibbs, ii, 403.
[977] Jefferson to Pendleton, Feb. 19, 1799; Works: Ford, ix, 54.
[978] Lee to Adams, March 14, 1799; Works: Adams, viii, 628.