[26] Russian America and the Present War.
[27] Tom. I. p. 345.
[28] Act of July 1, 1864: Statutes at Large, Vol. XIII. pp. 340, 341.
[29] Diplomatic Correspondence, 1865-66: Executive Documents, 39th Cong. 1st Sess., H. of R., No. 1, p. 366.
[30] Joint Resolution, May 16, 1866: Statutes at Large, Vol. XIV. p. 355.
[31] Letters to John Jacob Astor, May 24, 1812, and November 9, 1813: Writings, Vol. VI. pp. 55, 248. See also Letter to Mr. Breckenridge, August 12, 1803: Ibid., Vol. IV. pp. 498-501.
[32] Speech at Faneuil Hall, November 7, 1845: Boston Daily Advertiser, November 10th.
[33] Letter on the Florida Treaty, June 20, 1820: Parton’s Life of Jackson, Vol. II. p. 585.
[34] Attributed to Matthias Corvinus, King of Hungary. See Coxe, History of the House of Austria, (London, 1820,) Ch. XXV., Vol. II. p. 89.
[35] Cicero, Epist. ad Atticum, IV. 6.