[290] Ames to Dwight, April 16, 1802, Ames, i, 297.
[291] Annals, 7th Cong. 1st Sess. 201.
[292] Ib. 205.
[293] Ib. 257.
[294] They never occupied the bench under the Federalist Act of 1801. They were appointed, but the swift action of Jefferson and the Republicans prevented them from entering upon the discharge of their duties.
[295] This case was before the Supreme Court in December, 1801, and, ordinarily, would have been decided at the next term, June, 1802.
[296] Annals, 7th Cong. 1st Sess. 1228-29.
[297] Annals, 7th Cong. 1st Sess. 1229.
[298] Ib. 1229-30.
[299] Annals, 7th Cong. 1st Sess. 1235-36.