[232] Thoughts on Commerce and Colonies, by Charles Bosanquet.

[233] Thornton to Grenville, March 7, 1801; MSS. British Archives.

[234] Act of Jan. 21, 1801, Statutes at Large of Virginia, New Series, ii. 302.

[235] Thornton to Grenville, June 1, 1802; MSS. British Archives.

[236] Trial of Isaac Williams, Hartford, 1799; Wharton’s State Trials, 653. Shanks v. Dupont, 3 Peters, 242.

[237] 6 Anne, c. 20.

[238] Rufus King to Madison, April 12, 1801; State Papers, ii. 490.

[239] Liston to Grenville (private), May 7, 1800; MSS British Archives.

[240] Thornton to Grenville, March 7, 1801; MSS. British Archives.

[241] Thornton to Hawkesbury, Oct. 25 and Nov. 26, 1802: MSS. British Archives.