[34] House Journal.

[35] Hening, v. ix., p. 471.

[36] Moore, Hist. of Slavery in Mass., p. 227.

[37] Jefferson's Correspondence, vol i., p. 15.

[38] Madison Papers, v. i., pp. 422-425.

[39] Ibid., v. ii., p. 1234.

[40] Madison Papers, v. iii., pp. 1398 et seq.

[41] De Bow, Compend. of Census, 1850, pp. 83, 84.

[42] Com. Boutwell.

[43] De Bow, p. 84.