[160] Sparks's Life of Washington, p. 380.
[161] Letter of April 10, 1778. Writings of Washington, V. 312.
[162] Journals, IV. 221.
[163] Ibid. 228, 229. The States which voted in the negative were Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Jersey, and South Carolina.
[164] Ibid. 243. The States voting in the negative were Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Jersey, and South Carolina. The State whose vote was divided was Pennsylvania.
[165] Ibid. 244. Under this resolve, each officer was entitled to receive half-pay annually, for the term of seven years after the conclusion of war, if living.
[166] Ibid. 288.
[167] On the 21st of April, in the resolution reported by a committee, the words "an establishment of half-pay for life" were, on motion, changed to a "provision of half-pay";—an amendment which reveals very plainly the character of the popular objections. Journals, IV. 228.
[168] Journals, V. 312.
[169] Ibid. 316, 317.