[176] Writings, Vol. VIII. p. 5.
[177] Constitutional History of England (London, 1850), Vol. I. p. 668.
[178] Oliver Cromwell’s Letters and Speeches, Part IX. May 28, 1655.
[179] Memoirs of Edmund Ludlow (London, 1751), p. 213.
[180] Ibid., p. 221.
[181] Ibid., pp. 221, 222.
[182] Commentaries on American Law (6th edit., 1848), Vol. I. p. 92, note a.
[183] Journal of the Assembly of New York, July 21, 1782.
[184] August 1, 1786: Writings of Washington, ed. Sparks, Vol. IX. pp. 187, 188.
[185] Elliot’s Debates (2d edit.), Vol. III. p. 22.