[300] Marshall to Stuart, March 27, 1794; MS., Va. Hist. Soc.
[301] "The idea that Great Britain was the natural enemy of America had become habitual" long before this time. (Marshall, ii, 154.)
[302] One reason for Great Britain's unlawful retention of these posts was her purpose to maintain her monopoly of the fur trade. (Ib., 194. And see Beard: Econ. O. J. D., 279.)
[303] Marshall, ii, 320-21; and see Annals, 3d Cong., 1st Sess., 1793, 274-90; also Anderson, 29; and see prior war-inviting resolves and speeches in Annals, 3d Cong., supra, 21, 30, 544 et seq.; also Marshall, ii, 324 et seq.
[304] Ames to Dwight, Dec. 12, 1794; Works: Ames, i, 154.
[305] Ames to Gore, March 26, 1794; Works: Ames, i, 140. And see Marshall, ii, 324 et seq.
[306] See Washington to Ball, Aug. 10, 1794; Writings: Ford, xii, 449.
[307] See Van Tyne, chap. xi.
[308] Marshall, ii, 286, 287.
[309] Ib.