[[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.