[289]. National Encyclopædia of Biography, Vol. IV, p. 420.

[290]. The Census of 1790—Heads of Families, p. 168, places the number of Martin’s slaves at 47.

[291]. Herring, National Portrait Gallery, Vol. IV.

[292]. See Index to Private Letter Books of Robert Morris, Library of Congress: Mss. Division.

[293]. Census of 1790—Heads of Families, Maryland, p. 18.

[294]. Ms. Treasury Department: Maryland Loan Office, 1790–1797, folios, 80, 81, 194.

[295]. See below, p. 205.

[296]. Rowland, The Life of George Mason, Vol. I, pp. 48 ff., 55 ff.

[297]. Ibid., I, p. 56.

[298]. Rowland, The Life of George Mason, Vol. I, p. 58.