[28] For the reports and debates, cf. Annals of Cong., 1 Cong. 2 sess. pp. 1413–7, 1450–74; House Journal (repr. 1826), 1 Cong. 2 sess. I. 168–81.
[29] A clerical error in the original: "interdict" and "regulate" should be interchanged.
[30] See Memorials presented to Congress, etc. (1792), published by the Pennsylvania Abolition Society.
[31] From the Virginia petition.
[32] From the petition of Baltimore and other Maryland societies.
[33] From the Providence Abolition Society's petition.
[34] House Journal (repr. 1826), 2 Cong. 2 sess. I. 627–9; Annals of Cong., 2 Cong. 2 sess. pp. 728–31.
[35] Annals of Cong., 3 Cong. 1 sess. pp. 64, 70, 72; House Journal (repr. 1826), 3 Cong. 1 sess. II. 76, 84–5, 96–100; Senate Journal (repr. 1820), 3 Cong. 1 sess. II. 51.
[36] Statutes at Large, I. 347–9.
[37] Annals of Cong., 5 Cong. 2 sess. pp. 656–70, 945–1033.