1. The enclosed account has not been found. Maine, which was part of Massachusetts, was established as a federal judicial district when the federal judiciary was established by Congress in 1789. Congress had briefly considered combining New Hampshire and Maine to form a single district, a move opposed by leaders from both (Marcus and Perry, Documentary History of the Supreme Court, description begins Maeva Marcus et al., eds. The Documentary History of the Supreme Court of the United States, 1789–1800. 8 vols. New York, 1985-2007. description ends 4:29).

2. Under the terms of Resolution 4 of the second session of the First Congress, adopted 2 Aug. 1790, “the expense of procuring seals for the supreme, circuit, and district courts of the United States, shall be defrayed out of the money appropriated, by an act of the present session, for defraying the contingent charges of government” (1 Stat., description begins Richard Peters, ed. The Public Statutes at Large of the United States of America, from the Organization of the Government in 1789, to March 3, 1845 . . .. 8 vols. Boston, 1845-67. description ends 187). The resolution refers to Section 3 of “An Act making appropriations for the support of government for the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety,” adopted 26 Mar. 1790 (1 Stat., description begins Richard Peters, ed. The Public Statutes at Large of the United States of America, from the Organization of the Government in 1789, to March 3, 1845 . . .. 8 vols. Boston, 1845-67. description ends 104–6). No reply from GW has been found.