[290] Journals of Continental Congress, December 4, 1781, January 8, 1782.

[291] Records and Papers of Continental Congress, 137, I, 559, Morris to President of Congress, June 20, 1782; Journals of Continental Congress, July 10, 1782.

[292] Records and Papers of Continental Congress, 137, I, 137, Morris to President of Congress, September 10, 1781; Journals of Congress, September 12, 1781.

[293] Records and Papers of Continental Congress, 37, p. 473.

[294] Boston Gazette, January 27, 1783.

[295] Records and Papers of Continental Congress, 137, II, 103; M. I. J. Griffin, Commodore John Barry, 162-248, prints many contemporaneous papers relating to Barry’s cruise.

[296] Clowes, Royal Navy, IV, 72, 73; Pennsylvania Packet, August 16, 1781.

[297] Records and Papers of Continental Congress, 137, I, 415, Morris to President of Congress, April 24, 1782.

[298] Records and Papers of Continental Congress, 137, I, 447, Report of Morris, May 10, 1782.

[299] Records and Papers of Continental Congress, 137, I, 713, Estimate for public services for 1783, July 30, 1782.