[679]. This is evident from the records in the Treasury Department.
[680]. Libby, op. cit., pp. 38 ff.
[681]. Ibid., p. 42–43.
[682]. “Appius,” To the Citizens of South Carolina (1794), Library of Congress, Duane Pamphlets, Vol. 83.
[683]. See above, p. 248.
[684]. State Papers: Finance, Vol. I, p. 462. In 1783 an attempt to establish a bank with $100,000 capital was made in Charleston, S.C., but it failed. “Soon after the adoption of the funding system, three banks were established in Charleston whose capitals in the whole amounted to twenty times the sum proposed in 1783.” D. Ramsay, History of South Carolina (1858 ed.), Vol. II, p. 106.
[685]. Ms. Treasury Department: South Carolina Loan Office Ledger, consult Index. No general search was made for other names.
[686]. On the subject of ratification in Georgia, Dr. Jameson says: “Nothing of either journal or debates is known to have been printed, unless in some contemporary newspaper outside the state; the Georgia newspapers seem to have nothing of the sort.” American Historical Association Report (1902), Vol. I, p. 167.
[687]. This danger may have had some influence in the concessions made by the Georgia delegates in the Convention for they were kept informed of the Indian troubles in the summer of 1787. Force Transcripts, Georgia Records, 1782–1789: Library of Congress.
[688]. Some holders of public securities are found among the opponents of the Constitution, but they are not numerous.