[271] Story, in Dillon, iii, 350.
[272] Gabriel Jones, the ablest lawyer in the Valley, and, of course, a stanch Federalist.
[273] Monroe to Jefferson, Sept. 3, 1793; Monroe's Writings: Hamilton, i, 274-75. Considering the intimate personal friendship existing between Monroe and Marshall, the significance and importance of this letter cannot be overestimated.
[274] It was at this point, undoubtedly, that the slander concerning Marshall's habits was started. (See infra, 101-03.)
[275] The above paragraphs are based on Justice Story's account of Marshall's activities at this period, supplemented by Madison and Monroe's letters; by the well-known political history of that time; and by the untrustworthy but not negligible testimony of tradition. While difficult to reconstruct a situation from such fragments, the account given in the text is believed to be substantially accurate.
[276] See Works: Ford, xii, footnote to 451.
[277] Madison to Jefferson, June 17, 1793; Writings: Hunt, vi, 134.
[278] See infra, chap. v.
[279] Madison to Jefferson, Sept. 2, 1793; Writings: Hunt, vi, 196.
[280] See infra, chap. v. Robert Morris secured in this way all the money he was able to give his son-in-law for the Fairfax purchase.