History of the Origin, Formation, and Adoption of the Constitution of the United States, Vol. 2 / With Notices of Its Principle Framers

by George Ticknor Curtis

[240] Ibid. 506, 507.

[241] Elliot, V. 478, 479.

[242] Constitution, Art. I. §9. See the proceedings which took place on the proposition of the Maryland delegates. Elliot, V. 478, 479, 483, 502, 545.

[243] Elliot, V. 543. Constitution, Art. I. § 8, clause 1.

[244] Elliot, V. 439.

[245] Ibid. 506, 507.

[246] Ibid. 434. Journal, Elliot, I. 245.

[247] See the debate, and Mr. Madison's explanation of his vote, Elliot, V. 434, 435, and the note on the latter page.

[248] Constitution, Art. I. § 8, clause 9.

[249] Ibid., clause 11.