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   1. Grotius, de Jure Belli et Pacis, b. 1, c. 3, sec. 8. Vattel, Droit des Gens, b. 2, c. 4, sec. 54. Rutherforth's Inst. b. 2, c. 9.
   2. Livy, b. 33. c. 30. Florus, b. 2. c. 7. Montesq. Consid. sur les Causes de la Grand. des Rom. ch. 6.
   3. Mitford's Hist. of Greece, vol. 5, 127.
   4. Vattel, b. 2. c. 4. sec. 49, 50.
   5. Huber de Jure civitatis, lib. 3. c. 7. sec. 4.
   6. Lord Castlereagh's circular dispatch of January 19, 1821.
   7. Vattel, b. 2. c. 4. sec. 56. Rutherforth, b. 2. c. 9. See also Grotius, lib. 2, c. 25, sec. 8. Puff. b. 8, ch. 6, sect. 14.
   8. President's Message to Congress of 8th of March, 1822, and act of Congress of 4th of May, 1822, ch. 52.
   9. Burlamaqui, Nat. and Pol. Law, vol. 2. part 4. ch. 9. sec. 10. Rutherforth's Institutes, b. 2, ch. 10.
   10. Rutherforth, ub. sup.
   11. Grotius, b. 2. c. 2. sec. 12. — c. 3. sec. 7. Puff. b. 3. c. 3. sec. 4; b. 4. c 5. sec. 3 and 8. Vattel, b. 1. ch. 22, 23.
   12. Grotius, b. 2. c. 3. sec. 10. and 13. Rutherforth, b. 2 c. 9. Vattel, b. 1. c. 19. sec. 216. 2 Barnwell & Cresswell, 448, Forbes v. Cochrane.
   13. The Marianna Flora, 11 Wheaton, 38.
   14. Harg. Law Tracts, 10. Co. Litt. lib. 3. n. 205.
   15. Dissertatio de Dominio Maris. Bynk. Opera. tom. 2, 124.
   16. Droit de la Nat. et Gen. lib. 4. ch. 5. sec. 5-10.
   17. B. 1. ch. 23.
   18. Vol. 1, 88-102.
   19. 8 Rob. Adm. 336.
   20. Mr. Adams' Letter to the Russian Minister, March 30th, 1822.
   21. Azuni on the Maritime Law of Europe, vol. 1. p. 206.
   22. Bynk. Q. Pub. J. c. 8. Vattel, b. 1. c. 23. sec. 289. Act of Congress, June 5th, 1794, ch. 50.
   23. Opinion of the Attorney General concerning the seizure of the ship Grange, dated 14th of May, 1793, and the Letter of the Secretary of State to the French Minister, of 15th of May, 1793.
   24. Mr. Jefferson's Letter to M. Genet, November 8th, 1793.
   25. Mr. Madison's Letter to Messrs. Monroe and Pinckney, dated May 17th, 1806.
   26. Mr. Monroe's Letter to Mr. Foster, Oct. 11th, 1811, and President's Message, November 5th, 1811.
   27. 2 Dodson's Adm. Rep. 245.
   28. 2 Cranch, 187.
   29. Vattel's Prelim. sec. 12, 13. b. ch. 1. sec. 2, 3.
   30. Vettel, b. 2. c. 2. sec. 21.
   31. Spectator. vol. 1, No. 69.
   32. Puf. b. 4. c. 5, sec. 10. Vattel, b. 1. c. 8. sec. 92, 97. Martens' Summary of the Law of Nations, 146-148. 1 Chitty on Commercial Law, 76-81. Mr. Canning's Letters to Mr. Gallatin of September 11th and November 13th, 1826. Mr. Gallatin to Mr. Canning of September 22d, and December 28th, 1826, and Mr. Clay to Mr. Gallatin, November 11th, 1826.
   33. Mr. Canning's Letter to Mr. Pinckney, Sept. 23d, 1808.
   34. b. 2. c. 2. sec. 24.
   35. Mr. Adams' Letter to the Russian Minister, March 30th, 1822.
   36. 4 Inst. 155.
   37. 1 Chitty on Commercial Law, 40, 41, 42.
   38. Puff. b. 3. ch. 3. sec. 5, 6, 7. Rutherforth, b. 2. ch. 9. Vattel, b. 2. c. 7. sec. 94 — c. 8. sec. 100 — c. 9. sec. 123, 130 — c. 10. sec. 132. 1 Chitty, 84-89.
   39. Rutherforth, b. 2. ch. 9. Vattel, b. 2. c. 10. sec. 134. 1 Chitty, 103-106.
   40. Instructions given to Mr. Jay in 1780. Resolution of Congress of September, 1788. Report of the Secretary of State to the President, March 18, 1792.
   41. Grotius. lib. 2. c. 2 sec. 11, 12, 13, 15. — c. 3. sec. 12. Puf. lib. 3. c. 3. sec. 5, 6, 8. Vattel, b. 1. sec. 292,— b. 2. sec. 127, 129, 132.
   42. Grotius, b. 2. ch, 21. sec. 3, 4, 5. and Heineccius' Com. h. t. Burlamaqui, part 4. c. 3. sec. 19. Rutherforth, b. 2. c. 9. Vattel, b. 2. ch. 6, sec. 76, 77.
   43. Hist. of the Law of Nations, vol. 2, 318-320.
   44. Livy, b. 2. c. 4. b. 30. c. 25.
   45. Vattel, b. 4. c. 7. sec. 97-103. Ward's History, vol. 2. p. 486-552.
   46. Rutherforth, b. 2. c. 9. Ward's History, vol. 2. 552, 3.
   47. Martens, p. 201-207. Vattel, b. 4. c. 6.
   48. Rutherforth, b 2. c. 9.
   49. Quaest. J. Pub. lib. 2. c. 3.
   50. Wicquefort's L'Amb. tom. 1. sec. 14. Martens, p. 217.
   51. b. 4. c. 6. sec. 77.
   52. The Eliza Ann, 1 Dodson's Adm. Rep. 244.
   53. 1 Chitty on Commercial Law, 48, 49.
   54. Jackson on the Commerce of the Mediterranean, p. 30. ch. 4.
   55. 3 Taunton, 162. 1 Chitty 50, 51.
   56. Acts of Congress of 14th April, 1792, ch. 24 and of Feb. 28, 1803, ch. 62.
   57. 1 Beawes' L. M. tit. Consuls, p. 292, 293.
   58. Mr. Pickerring to Mr. Pinckney, January 16th, 1797.
   59. Case of the Bello Corrunes, 6 Wheaton, 168.
   60. Beawes' L. M. vol. 1. tit. Consuls, p. 291. 1 Chitty, 57, 58. 3 Rob. Adm. Rep. 27. The Indian Chief.
   61. B. 2. c. 2. sec. 34.
   62. Wicquefort's L'Amb., b. 1. c. 5. Bynk. de foro legat. c. 10. Marten's Summ. b. 4. c. 3. sec. 8
   63. Viveash v. Becker. 3 Maule & Selw. 284. Clarke v. Cretico, 1 Taunton, 106. United States v. Ravara, 2 Dallas, 297. The Commonwealth v. Korsloff, 5 Serg. & Rawl. 545. 1 Chitty, 70.
   64. On Consuls, p. 108-116.
   65. 1 Chitty, 71.
   66. Shaler's Sketches of Algiers, p. 39. 307.
   67. 5 Serg. & Raw. 545. 3 Pickering, 80.