[179]. The Index in the Treasury Department gives the name of John Dickinson among the security holders, but the volume referred to was not found.
[180]. Morris Ms. in the Library of Congress, Private Letter Book, Vol. III, p. 160.
[181]. G. Brown, The Life of Oliver Ellsworth, p. 11.
[182]. Brown, ibid., p. 23.
[183]. Ms. Treasury Department: Connecticut Loan Office, Ledgers A, B, and C, folio 21 in each volume.
[184]. Consult same volumes through the Index.
[185]. Facts here are taken from his Autobiography, in the Magazine of American History, Vol. VII, pp. 343 ff.
[186]. Haskins, The Yazoo Land Companies, p. 81.
[187]. Ms. Treasury Department: Register of Certificates of Public Debt Presented to the Auditor of the Treasury.
[188]. Volume 31, folio 346.