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[250]. Farrand, Records, Vol. III, p. 97.
[251]. Simpson, Eminent Philadelphians, p. 596.
[252]. His private fortune was much impaired by the failure of Robert Morris, for whom he had pledged his faith in several transactions. Morris Mss., Library of Congress: Private Letter Book, Vol. II, pp. 193, 261, 327, 351, 414.
[253]. H. Binney, Leaders of the Old Philadelphia Bar, p. 83; State Papers: Finance, Vol. I, p. 81.
[254]. Farrand, Records, Vol. III, p. 93.
[255]. Census of 1790: Heads of Families, p. 51; consult Index.
[256]. Appleton, Encyclopædia of American Biography, Vol. III, p. 426.
[257]. Ms. Treasury Department: Maryland Loan Office, 1790–1797, folio 14.
[258]. Ibid., folio 134.