[[return]]29. Ibid.
[[return]]30. Letter of General Thomas to John Adams, Oct. 24, 1775.
[[return]]31. Moore, "Historical Notes," 4.
[[return]]32. Hamilton's "Works," I, 76-78.
[[return]]33. Moore, "Historical Notes," 13.
[[return]]34. Madison's Papers, 68.
[[return]]35. Letter of Hamilton to Jay, March 14, 1779; and Journals of the Continental Congress.
[[return]]36. Hening, Statutes at Large, IX, 280.
[[return]]37. Ibid., XI, 308, 309.
[[return]]38. Rhode Island Colonial Records, VIII, 640, 641.