1. These notes were presumably drawn up to aid Thomas Jefferson in preparing his letter of August 16, 1793, to Morris, requesting the recall of Edmond Charles Genet as French Minister to the United States. See “Cabinet Meetings. Proposals Concerning the Conduct of the French Minister,” August 1–23, 1793, and “Cabinet Meeting. Notes Concerning the Conduct of the French Minister,” August 2, 1793. These notes should be compared with the final version of Jefferson’s letter printed in ASP description begins American State Papers, Documents, Legislative and Executive, of the Congress of the United States (Washington, 1832–1861). description ends , Foreign Relations, I, 167–72.

In the Thomas Jefferson Papers, Library of Congress, is a document in Jefferson’s handwriting entitled “Alteration proposed in the letter to G. Morris, in consequence of an examination of the treaties between France & Great Britain.” At the foot of this document H wrote:

“submitted essentially in the same words without 22

‘Not being subjects of either crown’ said to be in the same words with our 22 Article. The words of our Article are ‘not apartenant’ not belonging &c. The sense is the same but not the words. Approved with the remark which merely regards accuracy of expression. A Hamilton”

Following H’s comment, Edmund Randolph wrote: “I am content either way. Edm. Randolph.” H’s advice was not taken, but it concerns the wording in the sixth paragraph of the letter Jefferson sent to Morris. For this paragraph, see ASP, Foreign Relations, I, 168.

2. See Genet to Jefferson, May 27, 1793 (ASP description begins American State Papers, Documents, Legislative and Executive, of the Congress of the United States (Washington, 1832–1861). description ends , Foreign Relations, I, 149–50).

3. Genet to Jefferson, June 8, 1793 (ASP description begins American State Papers, Documents, Legislative and Executive, of the Congress of the United States (Washington, 1832–1861). description ends , Foreign Relations, I, 151).

4. For the Gideon Henfield case, see Jefferson to H, June 1, 1793, note 1.

5. The Republican, formerly the British sloop Polly, was a French privateer fitted out at New York. See “Cabinet Meeting. Opinion Respecting the Measures to Be Taken Relative to a Sloop Fitted Out as a Privateer,” June 12, 1793, and “Cabinet Meeting. Opinion Respecting French Privateers,” June 17, 1793. The points H lists below were raised by Genet in his letter to Jefferson of June 8, 1793 (ASP description begins American State Papers, Documents, Legislative and Executive, of the Congress of the United States (Washington, 1832–1861). description ends , Foreign Relations, I, 151). See also Genet to Jefferson, June 17, 1793 (ASP description begins American State Papers, Documents, Legislative and Executive, of the Congress of the United States (Washington, 1832–1861). description ends , Foreign Relations, I, 154).

6. For the William, see Rufus King to H, June 15, 1793, and Jefferson to H and Henry Knox, July 25, 1793, note 1.

7. See Genet to Jefferson, June 22, 1793 (ASP description begins American State Papers, Documents, Legislative and Executive, of the Congress of the United States (Washington, 1832–1861). description ends , Foreign Relations, I, 155–56).

8. For the Petite Démocrate or the Little Sarah, see “Cabinet Meeting. Opinion on the Case of the Little Sarah,” July 8, 1793.

9. On June 18, 1793, the French consul at New York informed Genet that “The Swallow, an English letter of marque,… armed with eight cannon and twenty men at least, and appearing to be of about 150 tons burden, has anchored so long in this port, as to exclude the idea of her having entered in distress, though the 17th article of the treaty of commerce between France and America, formally excludes from the ports of both, the enemy vessels who shall have made prizes, and every English privateer which enters is authorized by the English Government to take, burn, and destroy, our vessels …” (ASP description begins American State Papers, Documents, Legislative and Executive, of the Congress of the United States (Washington, 1832–1861). description ends , Foreign Relations, I, 159). Genet sent this complaint to Jefferson on June 25, 1793 (ASP description begins American State Papers, Documents, Legislative and Executive, of the Congress of the United States (Washington, 1832–1861). description ends , Foreign Relations, I, 159).