[15] Senate Doc, 28 Cong. 1 sess.  IV.  No. 217, p. 19;
      Senate Exec.  Doc., 31 Cong. 2 sess.  II.  No. 6, pp. 3, 10,
      etc.; 33 Cong. 1 sess.  VIII.  No. 47, pp. 5-6; 34 Cong. 1 sess. 
      XV.  No. 99, p. 80; House Journal, 26 Cong. 1 sess. pp.
      117-8; cf. Ibid., 20 Cong. 1 sess. p. 650, etc.; 21 Cong. 2
      sess. p. 194; 27 Cong. 1 sess. pp. 31, 184; House Doc., 29
      Cong. 1 sess.  III.  No. 43, p. 11; House Exec.  Doc., 31 Cong.
      1 sess.  III. pt. 1, No. 5, pp. 7-8.

 [16] Senate Journal, 26 Cong. 1 sess., Senate Bill No. 335;
      House Journal, 26 Cong. 1 sess. pp. 1138, 1228, 1257.

 [17] Statutes at Large, III. 764.

 [18] Cf. above, Chapter VIII. p. 125.

 [19] Cf. Report of the Secretary of the Navy, 1827.

 [20] Ibid.

 [21] House Reports, 24 Cong. 1 sess.  I. No. 223.

 [22] This account is taken exclusively from government
      documents:  Amer.  State Papers, Naval, III.  Nos. 339, 340,
      357, 429 E; IV.  Nos. 457 R (1 and 2), 486 H, I, p. 161 and 519
      R, 564 P, 585 P; House Reports, 19 Cong. 1 sess.  I. No. 65;
      House Doc., 19 Cong. 2 sess.  IV.  No. 69; 21 Cong. 2 sess.  I.
      No. 2, pp. 42-3, 211-8; 22 Cong. 1 sess.  I. No. 2, pp. 45,
      272-4; 22 Cong. 2 sess.  I. No. 2, pp. 48, 229; 23 Cong. 1
      sess.  I. No. 1, pp. 238, 269; 23 Cong. 2 sess.  I. No. 2, pp.
      315, 363; 24 Cong, 1 sess.  I. No. 2, pp. 336, 378; 24 Cong. 2
      sess.  I. No. 2, pp. 450, 506; 25 Cong. 2 sess.  I. No. 3, pp.
      771, 850; 26 Cong. 1 sess.  I. No. 2, pp. 534, 612; 26 Cong. 2
      sess.  I. No. 2, pp. 405, 450.  It is probable that the agent
      became eventually the United States consul and minister; I
      cannot however cite evidence for this supposition.

 [23] Report of the Secretary of the Navy, 1824.

 [24] Ibid., 1826.

 [25] Ibid., 1839.

 [26] Ibid., 1842.

 [27] British and Foreign State Papers, 1857-8, p. 1250.

 [28] Lord Napier to Secretary of State Cass, Dec. 24, 1857: 
      British and Foreign State Papers, 1857-8, p. 1249.

 [29] Parliamentary Papers, 1847-8, Vol.  LXIV.  No. 133,
      Papers Relative to the Suppression of the Slave Trade on the
      Coast of Africa, p. 2.

 [30] Report of Perry:  Senate Doc., 28 Cong. 2 sess.  IX.  No.
      150, p. 118.

 [31] Consul Park at Rio Janeiro to Secretary Buchanan, Aug.
      20, 1847:  House Exec.  Doc., 30 Cong. 2 sess.  VII.  No. 61, p.
      7.