Acts of Ala., Nov. 17, 1862. Footnote 22: Acts of Ala., Oct. 31, 1862. Footnote 23: O. R., Ser. II, Vol. III, p. 933; G. O., No. 86, A. and I. G. Office, Richmond, Dec. 12, 1864; Miller, pp. 198, 199, Beverly, _Hist. of Alabama_; A. C. Gordon, in _Century Magazine_, Sept., 1888; David Dodge, in _Atlantic Monthly_, Aug., 1886. Footnote 24: Pub. Laws, C. S. A., 1st Cong., 3d Sess., Mar. 26, 1863. Footnote 25: A Conference of Impressment Commissioners met in Augusta, Ga., Oct. 26, 1863. Among those present were Wylie W. Mason, of Tuskegee, Ala., and Robert C. Farris, of Montgomery, Ala.—See O. R, Ser. IV, Vol. II, pp. 898–906. Footnote 26: Schwab, p. 202; Saunders, _Early Settlers_. Schedules were printed in all the newspapers, and many have been reprinted in the Official Records. Footnote 27: Jones, _Diary_, Vol. I, p. 194; Miller, _Alabama_, pp. 198, 199; Pollard, _Lost Cause_, pp. 487–488. Footnote 28: Acts of Ala., Nov. 25, 1863. Footnote 29: Jones, _Diary_, Vol. I, p. 301. Footnote 30: Pub. Laws, C. S. A., 2d Cong., 1st Sess., June 14, 1864; Saunders, _Early Settlers_. Footnote 31: Resolutions of General Assembly, Nov. 26, 1864. Footnote 32: Ball, Clarke County, p. 501. Footnote 33: May, Constitutional History II, p. 103. Footnote 34: Collier, Essay on the Law of Patents, and General History of Monopolies. Footnote 35: 12 Eliz. 15 Eliz. 18 Eliz. 21 Eliz. 25 Eliz. 26 Eliz. 31 Eliz. and 43 Eliz. Footnote 36: 11 Eliz. Footnote 37: 25 H. VIII, c. 15, Sect 1. Footnote 38: 1 R. III, c. 9. Sect. 12. Footnote 39: State Trials, Vol. I, p. 1263. Footnote 40: Mar. 9, 1642; June 14, 1643; Sept. 21, 1647. Footnote 41: Areopagitica, II, 55. Footnote 42: 13 and 14 Car. II, c. 33; 16 Car. II, c. 8; 16 and 17 Car. II, c. 7; 17 Car. II, c. 4. Footnote 43: Carr’s Case, State Trials VII, 929. Footnote 44: Macaulay, Hist. Eng. Chap. xxi. Footnote 45: Rex v. Sullivan, II Cox. C. C. 52. Footnote 46: A. V. Dicey, The Law of the Constitution, p. 242. Footnote 47: Read before the Am. Scenic and Hist. Pres. Soc’y. N. Y. Footnote 48: Robert Morris. Footnote 49: Illegible. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES 1. Silently corrected obvious typographical errors and variations in spelling. 2. Retained archaic, non-standard, and uncertain spellings as printed. 3. Enclosed italics font in _underscores_.