[27]. For discussion of the Prestwich claim, see Totten, I, 63 et seq.
[28]. Journals of Congress, vol. 4 (ed. 1823), p. 39.
[29]. The Department of State of the United States; Its History and Functions (Hunt), 50, 51.
[30]. See Totten, I, 212.
[31]. Totten, I, 171 et seq.
[32]. Life of Franklin (Bigelow), III, p. 252.
[33]. 18 Stat., 23.
[34]. 18 Stat., 420.
[35]. 25 Stat., 387.