[998] Wolcott to Ames, Dec. 29, 1799; Gibbs, ii, 314. And see McMaster, ii, 452.
[999] Levin Powell to Major Burr Powell, Dec. 11, 1799; Branch Historical Papers, ii, 232.
[1000] Annals, 6th Cong., 1st Sess., 194.
[1001] Annals, 6th Cong., 1st Sess., 194-97.
[1002] Ib., 194.
[1003] Wolcott to Ames, Dec. 29, 1799; Gibbs, ii, 314.
[1004] Annals, 6th Cong., 1st Sess., 198.
[1005] The Federalists called the Republicans "Democrats," "Jacobins," etc., as terms of contempt. The Republicans bitterly resented the appellation. The word "Democrat" was not adopted as the formal name of a political party until the nomination for the Presidency of Andrew Jackson, who had been Jefferson's determined enemy.
[1006] Marshall to James M. Marshall, Philadelphia, Dec. 16, 1799; MS.
[1007] Annals, 6th Cong., 1st Sess., 203.