[63] See Adams' Works, Vol. II, pp. 350, 410.

[64] Lecky, "American Revolution," p. 230.

[65] Lecky's "American Revolution," p. 375.

[66] Sabine, Vol. I, pp. 139-150.

[67] Washington's Works, IV., 118, 119, Lecky, 257.

[68] Letter of John Adams to His Wife, Vol. I., p. 171.

[69] In a letter written by Hamilton when he was but thirteen years of age, employed as a clerk, he declared: "I condemn the grovelling condition of a clerk to which my future condition condemns me, and would willingly risk my life, though not my character, to exalt my station."

[70] Letters of John Adams to His Wife, Vol. I., p. 24.

[71] Memoir of Gen. John Stark, by his son Caleb Stark, pp. 356-7-8.

[72] "Travels Through the Interior Parts of America," by Thomas Aubury.