FOOTNOTES:
[143] Lecky's History of England, Vol. IV. p. 151.
[144] Bancroft's History United States, Vol. VI, p. 136; American Archives, Fourth Series, Vol. I, p. 1543.
[145] Leeky's History of England, Vol. IV. p. 346
[146] History of England, Vol. IV, p. 338.
[147] Annual Register, 1776, p. 39.