[11] Ibid., pp. 121, 135; 20 Cong. 2 sess. pp. 58–9, 84, 215.

[12] Congressional Globe, 27 Cong. 3 sess. pp. 328, 331–6.

[13] Cf. Mercer's bill, House Journal, 21 Cong. 1 sess. p. 512; also Strange's two bills, Senate Journal, 25 Cong. 3 sess. pp. 200, 313; 26 Cong. 1 sess., Senate Bill No. 123.

[14] Senate Journal, 25 Cong. 2 sess. pp. 297–8, 300.

[15] Senate Doc, 28 Cong. 1 sess. IV. No. 217, p. 19; Senate Exec. Doc., 31 Cong. 2 sess. II. No. 6, pp. 3, 10, etc.; 33 Cong. 1 sess. VIII. No. 47, pp. 5–6; 34 Cong. 1 sess. XV. No. 99, p. 80; House Journal, 26 Cong. 1 sess. pp. 117–8; cf. Ibid., 20 Cong. 1 sess. p. 650, etc.; 21 Cong. 2 sess. p. 194; 27 Cong. 1 sess. pp. 31, 184; House Doc., 29 Cong. 1 sess. III. No. 43, p. 11; House Exec. Doc., 31 Cong. 1 sess. III. pt. 1, No. 5, pp. 7–8.

[16] Senate Journal, 26 Cong. 1 sess., Senate Bill No. 335; House Journal, 26 Cong. 1 sess. pp. 1138, 1228, 1257.

[17] Statutes at Large, III. 764.

[18] Cf. above, Chapter VIII. p. 125.

[19] Cf. Report of the Secretary of the Navy, 1827.

[20] Ibid.