An economic interpretation of the Constitution of the United States

by Charles A. Beard

[279]. Hammond, State Papers of New Hampshire, Vol. XVIII, p. 824.

[280]. Farrand, Records, Vol. III, p. 90.

[281]. Ms. Treasury Department: New York Loan Office, 1791, folio 97.

[282]. Johannis, Garrit, Abraham, John J., Henry R., and other Lansings appear on Ledger C, Funded 6%, 1790, Ms. Treasury Department. Consult Index.

[283]. L. Elmer, The Constitution and Government of New Jersey (1872), pp. 57–59.

[284]. Ms. Treasury Department: Ledger B, N. Y. Office, Deferred 6% Stock, 1790, folios, 72, 306, etc.

[285]. Ibid., N. Y., 6%, Ledger, 1791–1797, folio 123.

[286]. Ibid., Virginia Loan Office, 1791, under date of September 30, 1791; Ledger A, Funded 6% Stock, 1790, folio 123.

[287]. In a letter of February 13, 1791, Madison advises his father to fund his Virginia certificates at Richmond: “I do not see what better you can do with your certificates than to subscribe them to the public fund at Richmond.” Writings of James Madison (1865 ed.), Vol. I, p. 529.

[288]. Writings (1865 ed.), Vol. I, p. 538.