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 Address to the People of Massachusetts (n. t. p., 1812, 80, 14 pages); also in Niles, II, 417–419. The Correspondence between the Secretary of War, the Governor and United States military officers is given in the Annals, 12 Cong., 2 sess., Appx., 1295–1304; ''Amer. State Papers, Military Affairs, I, 321–325, 607–608, 610–614; Senate Doc., 18 Cong''. I sess., II, No. 43, 135, 137–139, 142–164. All the important documents in connection with the Mass. claim are to be found in the above, and in Military Affairs, III, 8–10, 104–108; IV, 293–295; Resolves of Mass., 1828–31, 256–263; ''Cong. Debate'', 1829–30, 357–359. : Adams VI, 305, 309, 399–402; VIII, 219–223, 272; Barry, Mass., III, 379–390; Dwight, Hartford Convention, 233–275 in passim, 282–285; Hildreth, VI, 319–325, 372–374, 484–500, 531; McMaster, III, 543–546; IV, 231, 244–247; Schouler, II, 356, 422–424; Von Holst, I, 233–246, 259–260; Adams, New Eng. Federalism; Kent, Commentaries (13th ed.), I, 263–265; Story (5th ed.), iI, 121–126; Winsor, ''Memorial Hist. of Boston'', III, 211–215, 303–311.



As an opinion generally prevailed, that the Governor had no authority to call the militia into actual service, unless one of the exigencies contemplated by the constitution exists, I thought it expedient to call the council together, and, having laid before them your letter, and those I have received from General Dearborn, I requested their advice on the subject of them.

The Council advised "that they were unable from a view of the Constitution of the United States, and the letters aforesaid, to