[403] Madison, Letters, etc. i. 418.

[404] Writings of Washington, ix. 433.

[405] Bancroft, Hist. Const. ii. 483.

[406] Corr. Rev. iv. 240-241.

[407] Ibid. iv. 241.

[408] Jour. Va. House Del. 42-43.

[409] Jour. Va. House Del. 32.

[410] Madison, Letters, etc., i. 443-444.

[411] For contemporary allusions to this first example of gerrymandering, see Writings of Washington, ix. 446-447; Writings of Jefferson, ii. 574; Rives, Life of Madison, ii. 653-655; Bancroft, Hist. Const. ii. 485.

[412] Bancroft, Hist. Const. ii. 488-489.