[34] Bryan, i, 438.
[35] Wolcott to his wife, July 4, 1800, Gibbs, ii, 377.
"The workmen are the refuse of that class and, nevertheless very high in their demands." (La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt: Travels Through the United States of North America, iii, 650.)
[36] "To Thomas Hume, Esq., M.D.," Moore: Poetical Works, ii, 83.
[37] See Jefferson to Short, Sept. 6, 1790, Works of Thomas Jefferson: Ford, vi, 146; same to Mrs. Adams, July 7, 1785, ib. iv, 432-33; same to Peters, June 30,1791, ib. vi, 276; same to Short, April 24, 1792, ib. 483; same to Monroe, May 26, 1795, ib. viii, 179; same to Jay, Oct. 8, 1787, Memoir, Correspondence, and Miscellanies, from the Papers of Thomas Jefferson: Randolph, ii, 249; also see Chastellux: Travels in North America in the Years 1780-81-82, 299.
[38] See Singleton: Story of the White House, i, 42-43.
[39] Plumer to his wife, Dec. 25, 1802, Plumer, 246.
[40] "Mr. Granger [Jefferson's Postmaster-General] ... after a few bottles of champagne were emptied, on the observation of Mr. Madison that it was the most delightful wine when drank in moderation, but that more than a few glasses always produced a headache the next day, remarked with point that this was the very time to try the experiment, as the next day being Sunday would allow time for a recovery from its effects. The point was not lost upon the host and bottle after bottle came in." (S. H. Smith to his wife, April 26, 1803. Hunt, 36.)
[41] At that time it was called "The Executive Mansion" or "The President's Palace."
[42] Bryan, i, 44; also see La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt, iii, 642-51.