[266] Ford’s Washington, IX, 75-76, Washington to James Duane, December 26, 1780; 33-5, Washington to John Sullivan, November 20, 1780; 125, Washington to R. R. Livingston, January 31, 1781; 131-34, Washington to John Sullivan, February 4, 1781; 246, Washington to John Sullivan, May 11, 1781.

[267] Hamilton’s Hamilton, I, 127, note, Hamilton to Robert Morris, 1780; 154-55, 159, Hamilton to James Duane, September 3, 1780.

[268] Sparks’s Gouverneur Morris, I, 229-30.

[269] Sparks’s Gouverneur Morris, I, 227-28; Reed’s Reed, II, 296.

[270] Journals of Continental Congress, January 10, 1781.

[271] Wells, Samuel Adams, III, 127, Adams to Lee, January 15, 1781; 128, extract from a letter of Luzerne, French minister to the United States.

[272] Journals of Continental Congress, February 7, February 9, 1781. On October 1, 1781, the salary of the Secretary of Marine was fixed at $4,000 per annum, payable in specie.

[273] Journals of Continental Congress, February 27, March 30, 1781. Three states were willing to accept McDougall on the conditions he proposed. Samuel Adams and his friends voted against acceptance.

[274] Records and Papers of Continental Congress, 137, I, 47, 55, Morris to President of Congress, June 22, 1781; Ibid., 28, p. 145, Report of Committee respecting “America”; journals of Continental Congress, June 23, 1781.

[275] Records and Papers of Continental Congress, 137, I, 77; Journals of Continental Congress, July 11, 1781.

[276] Records and Papers of Continental Congress, 137, I, 137, Morris to President of Congress, September 10, 1781.

[277] Records and Papers of Continental Congress, 28, p. 135, Resolutions of M. Smith.

[278] Ibid., p. 133, Report of Committee on Smith’s resolutions.

[279] Records and Papers of Continental Congress, 28, p. 149, Resolutions of Committee; Journals of Continental Congress, July 6, 1781.

[280] Records and Papers of Continental Congress, 28, p. 147, Report of Committee on July 18; Journals of Continental Congress, July 18, 1781.

[281] Records and Papers of Continental Congress, 28, p. 157; Journals of Continental Congress, August 29, 1781.

[282] Journals of Continental Congress, September 7, 1781.

[283] Records and Papers of Continental Congress, 137, I, 133, Morris to President of Congress, September 8, 1781.

[284] Records and Papers of Continental Congress, 137, II, 183.

[285] M. I. J. Griffin, Commodore John Barry, 169.

[286] Records and Papers of Continental Congress, 137, I, 233, Morris to President of Congress, November 17, 1781; Journals of Continental Congress, November 20, 1781.

[287] Records and Papers of Continental Congress, 137, I, 543, Report of Morris, June 3, 1782; Journals of Continental Congress, June 12, 1782.

[288] The 29th article of Adams’s rules as adopted by Congress in 1775 fixed penalties for desertion and cowardice. It is not likely that the numbering was changed. I know of no earlier instance of the sentencing of a seaman in the American navy to be hanged.

[289] Records and Papers of Continental Congress, 137, I, 367, Finding of Court Martial, dated June 28, 1781; 365, Morris to President of Congress, March 25, 1782, containing extract from Brown’s letter.

[290] Journals of Continental Congress, December 4, 1781, January 8, 1782.

[291] Records and Papers of Continental Congress, 137, I, 559, Morris to President of Congress, June 20, 1782; Journals of Continental Congress, July 10, 1782.

[292] Records and Papers of Continental Congress, 137, I, 137, Morris to President of Congress, September 10, 1781; Journals of Congress, September 12, 1781.

[293] Records and Papers of Continental Congress, 37, p. 473.

[294] Boston Gazette, January 27, 1783.

[295] Records and Papers of Continental Congress, 137, II, 103; M. I. J. Griffin, Commodore John Barry, 162-248, prints many contemporaneous papers relating to Barry’s cruise.

[296] Clowes, Royal Navy, IV, 72, 73; Pennsylvania Packet, August 16, 1781.

[297] Records and Papers of Continental Congress, 137, I, 415, Morris to President of Congress, April 24, 1782.

[298] Records and Papers of Continental Congress, 137, I, 447, Report of Morris, May 10, 1782.

[299] Records and Papers of Continental Congress, 137, I, 713, Estimate for public services for 1783, July 30, 1782.

[300] Records and Papers of Continental Congress, 137, II, 425, Morris to President of Congress, May 3, 1783.

[301] Records and Papers of Continental Congress, 137, II, 725, Report of Morris, July 31, 1783; Journals of Continental Congress, August 5, 1783.

[302] Journals of Continental Congress, March 24, April 11, April 15, 1783.

[303] Journals of Continental Congress, February 27, 1782, June 19, 1783.

[304] Records and Papers of Continental Congress, 137, III, 651, 655, Morris to President of Congress, May 26, 1784, enclosing extract of letter of Pennell.

[305] Journals of Continental Congress, September 3, 1782.

[306] Ibid., April 21, 1783.

[307] Records and Papers of Continental Congress, 137, III, 677, Report of Morris, July 22, 1783.

[308] Force Transcripts, Library of Congress, 137, 3, p. 243, Report of Morris, March 19, 1784.

[309] Records and Papers of Continental Congress, 28, p. 221, Report of Committee, January 15, 1784.

[310] Ibid., 28, pp. 213, 225-27, Reports of Committees.

[311] Journals of Continental Congress, June 3, 1785.

[312] Records and Papers of Continental Congress, 140, II, 45, Board of Treasury to President of Congress, August 5, 1785; M. I. J. Griffin, Commodore John Barry, 258-59.

[313] Journals of Continental Congress, September 16, 1783.