1. By 1803 Philadelphia merchant Benjamin Morgan (d. 1826) had been living in New Orleans for some time. Appointed to the legislative council in 1804, he was also a founder of the Alarm Fire Company, Christ Church Episcopal, and the New Orleans Library Society. He served on the city council 1807–11 and was a member of the Committee of Public Defense during the War of 1812. During and after that war, he suffered financial losses from which he appears not to have recovered by the time of his death. Over the course of his life, he was suggested for appointment to several offices but rejected them (Carter, Territorial Papers description begins Clarence Carter et al., (28 vols.; Washington, 1934–75). description ends , Orleans, 9:6–7, 218, 762, 858; PJM-SS description begins Robert J. Brugger et al., eds., The Papers of James Madison: Secretary of State Series (11 vols. to date; Charlottesville, Va., 1986–). description ends 8:202; Bradley, Interim Appointment, 282, 289, 291, 294, 296–97).

2. The enclosure (2 pp.; docketed by Wagner; printed in Carter, Territorial Papers description begins Clarence Carter et al., (28 vols.; Washington, 1934–75). description ends , Orleans, 9:574) is a copy of coroner Henry Molier to Claiborne, 21 Jan. 1806, stating that in the election Molier had been authorized to hold in the absence of the sheriff, Benjamin Morgan had received twenty-three votes, and each of his nine opponents had received either one or two.