Article 1, Section 8, Clause 11
To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water;
| 1. | William Blackstone, Commentaries 1:249--51, 1765 |
| 2. | Articles of Confederation, art. 9, 1 Mar. 1781 |
| 3. | Continental Congress, Apr. 1781 |
| 4. | Records of the Federal Convention |
| 5. | Pierce Butler, South Carolina Legislature, 16 Jan. 1788 |
| 6. | James Wilson, Legislative Department, Lectures on Law, 1791 |
| 7. | Thomas Jefferson, The Anas, Nov. 1793 |
| 8. | James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 2 Apr. 1798 |
| 9. | Charles Lee, Treason, 21 Aug. 1798 |
| 10. | Bas v. Tingy |
| 11. | Alexander Hamilton, The Examination, no. 1, 17 Dec. 1801 |
| 12. | St. George Tucker, Blackstone's Commentaries 1:App. 269--72, 1803 |
| 13. | Little v. Bareme |
| 14. | The Schooner Exchange v. McFaddon |
| 15. | Brown v. United States |
| 16. | James Kent, Commentaries 53-67, 1826 |
| 17. | William Rawle, A View of the Constitution of the United States 109--11 1829 (2d ed.) |
| 18. | Joseph Story, Commentaries on the Constitution 3:§§ 1164--72, 1833 |
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