[23] Sabine, Loyalists of the American Revolution, (Boston, 1864,) Vol. I. p. 112.

[24] Debate in the House of Commons, on the Compensation to the American Loyalists, June 6, 1788: Hansard’s Parliamentary History, Vol. XXVII. col. 610.

[25] Ibid., col. 614.

[26] Ibid., col. 616.

[27] Ibid., col. 617.

[28] American State Papers: Claims, p. 198.

[29] Ibid.

[30] Ibid., p. 199.

[31] House Reports, 1830-1, No. 68; 1831-2, No. 88; 1832-3, No. 11. Act, March 2, 1833: Private Laws, p. 546.

[32] American State Papers: Claims, p. 446. Act, March 1, 1815: Private Laws, p. 151.