1. Not found, but this was likely material from François d’Ivernois about his plans to transfer the Genevan university to the United States, for which see his 30 Aug. 1794 letter, and note 1, above.

2. JA’s concern over the Jay Treaty’s slow passage grew as Congress’ usual closing date of 4 March approached. “When I negotiated Treaties I sent Copies by five ships—or rather five Originals for I had so many executed,” JA wrote as the wait dragged on. Finally, on 19 Feb., he departed Philadelphia for Quincy. Virginian David Blaney carried a copy of the Jay Treaty aboard the Thomas, Capt. Vickery, which sailed from London on 17 Dec. and arrived in Norfolk, Va., on 27 Feb. 1795. The Jay Treaty reached the Senate for ratification on 7 March (AFC description begins Adams Family Correspondence, ed. L. H. Butterfield, Marc Friedlaender, Richard Alan Ryerson, Margaret A. Hogan, Sara Martin, Hobson Woodward, and others, Cambridge, 1963– . description ends , 10:376, 400, 436).

3. Gen. Henry Knox retired on 28 Dec. 1794; Alexander Hamilton resigned on 31 Jan. 1795 and resumed his law practice in New York. Following the resignations of Knox and Hamilton, George Washington nominated as replacements Timothy Pickering and Oliver Wolcott Jr., respectively. They were confirmed by the Senate on 2 Jan. and 3 Feb. (AFC description begins Adams Family Correspondence, ed. L. H. Butterfield, Marc Friedlaender, Richard Alan Ryerson, Margaret A. Hogan, Sara Martin, Hobson Woodward, and others, Cambridge, 1963– . description ends , 10:291, 472; Jefferson, Papers description begins The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, ed. Julian P. Boyd, Charles T. Cullen, John Catanzariti, Barbara B. Oberg, James P. McClure, and others, Princeton, N.J., 1950– . description ends , 28:258–259).