[1]. The originals of both these commissions are in the archives of the Missouri Historical Society. See also Scharf’s History of St. Louis, and Billon’s Annals of St. Louis.
[2]. The Louisiana Purchase; Hitchcock, p. 243.
[3]. W. R. S. 2 Vol. I, p. 244.
[4]. W. R. S. 4, Vol. I, pp. 1–75.
[5]. They called all male slaves, boys.
[6]. W. R. S. 4, Vol. I, pp. 1–75.
[7]. See, on this whole Chapter, Journal and Proceedings of the Missouri State Convention, 1861.
[8]. Journal of the Missouri State Convention, 1861, p. 11.
[9]. Snead, pp. 68–72.
[10]. Journal Missouri State Convention, 1861, pp. 13–20.