[102] Washington’s Writings, ii. 503.
[103] Works of John Adams, ii. 357.
[104] Meade, Old Churches and Families of Va. i. 220, 221.
[105] Works of John Adams, ii. 361.
[106] Works of John Adams, ii. 357-364.
[107] Works of John Adams, ii. 365.
[108] Am. Quarterly Review, i. 30, whence it is quoted in Works of John Adams, iii. 29, 30, note. As regards the value of this testimony of Charles Thomson, we should note that it is something alleged to have been said by him at the age of ninety, in a conversation with a friend, and by the latter reported to the author of the article above cited in the Am. Quart. Rev.
[109] Works of John Adams, ii. 365.
[110] It seems to me that the second paragraph on page 366 of volume ii. of the Works of John Adams must be taken as his memorandum of his own speech; and that what follows on that page, as well as on page 367, and the first half of page 368, is erroneously understood by the editor as belonging to the first day’s debate. It must have been an outline of the second day’s debate. This is proved partly by the fact that it mentions Lee as taking part in the debate; but according to the journal, Lee did not appear in Congress until the second day. 4 Am. Arch. i. 898.
[111] Works of John Adams, ii. 366-368.