[126] Ibid.
[127] Stevens to Pickering, May 24, 1800; MSS. State Department Archives.
[128] Pamphile de Lacroix, Mémoires, ii. 52.
[129] Lear to Madison, July, 1801; MSS. State Department Archives.
[130] Pichon to Decrès, 18 Fructidor, An ix. (Sept. 5, 1801); Archives de la Marine, MSS.
[131] Correspondance, vii. 319; Bonaparte to Talleyrand, 22 Brumaire, An x. (Nov. 13, 1801).
[132] Correspondance, vii. 315; Proclamation, 17 Brumaire, An x. (Nov. 8, 1801).
[133] Correspondance, vii. 322; Bonaparte to Toussaint, 27 Brumaire, An x. (Nov. 18, 1801).
[134] Ibid., 327; Exposé de la situation de la République, 1 Frimaire, An x. (Nov. 22, 1801).
[135] Pamphile de Lacroix, Mémoires, ii. 228.