[141] Halleck’s International Law, pp. 391, 392.
[142] Kent’s Commentaries on American Law, Vol. I. p. 97.
[143] Letter to M. de Ternant, October 16, 1792: Writings, Vol. III. p. 477.
[144] Wheaton’s Elements of International Law, ed. Lawrence, (Boston, 1863,) p. 631, note.
[145] See Letter to Richard Oswald, enclosing propositions to abolish privateering, January 14, 1783: Works, ed. Sparks, Vol. IX. pp. 466, 467.
[146] See Letter of Franklin to Benjamin Vaughan, March 14, 1785: Ibid., Vol. II. p. 485.
[147] Statutes at Large, Vol. II. p. 763, sec. 15.
[148] Lawrence, Commentaire sur les Éléments du Droit International, etc., de Henry Wheaton, Tom. II. p. 467, Part. II. ch. 1.
[149] Ibid., pp. 477-479.
[150] Ibid., pp. 482, 483.