[219]. Sumner, The Financier and the Finances of the Revolution, Vol. II, pp. 253 ff. See Turner, Pioneer History of the Holland Purchase of Western New York, pp. 326 ff.
[220]. T. Wyman, Genealogies and Estates of Charlestown, Vol. I, p. 424.
[221]. To be found in the Hamilton Mss., Library of Congress.
[222]. Haskins, The Yazoo Land Companies.
[223]. State Papers: Finance, Vol. I, p. 8.
[224]. Hamilton, Works (Lodge ed.), Vol. VI, p. 453.
[225]. Ibid., Vol. VI, p. 454; Annals of Congress, Vol. III, pp. 900 ff.
[226]. See below, p. 112.
[227]. Mr. Lodge calls the three investigators “inquisitors,” but this seems like a strong word to apply to members of Congress engaged in running down rumors relative to the official conduct of a government officer. Works (Lodge ed.), Vol. VI, p. 450 note. The impropriety of Monroe’s action in allowing the story to escape is another matter.
[228]. The pamphlet by Hamilton in his defence is printed in the Lodge edition, Vol. VI, pp. 449 ff.