[849] The then prevalent belief.

[850] Cong. Globe, II, 330.

[851] Serurier to Forsyth, Messages and Papers, III, 211; Forsyth to Livingston, ibid., 210.

[852] Hone’s Diary, March 14, 1835.

[853] Quoted by Benton, Thirty Years’ View, I, 592.

[854] Messages and Papers, III, 178-79.

[855] Hone’s Diary, June 23, 1835.

[856] Hone’s Diary, July 4. 1835.

[857] Hone’s Diary, Jan. 26, 1836.

[858] Hunt’s Life of Livingston.