1. New York lawyer James Kent (1763–1847), at this time a professor of law at Columbia College. The letters given him may have included Genet to TJ, 16 Dec., enclosing Genet to ER of the same date, and TJ to Genet, 18 Dec., enclosing TJ to ER of that date. PTJ description begins Julian T. Boyd, Charles T. Cullen et al., eds., The Papers of Thomas Jefferson (42 vols. to date; Princeton, N.J., 1950–) description ends , 27: 367, 527, 583, 587; printed in translation in the Federal Gazette, 24 Dec. 1793, along with ER to Genet, 18 Dec., declining to prosecute JJ and RK but advising him to consult other lawyers should he be determined to proceed.

2. Genet enclosed selected correspondence and extracts of his instructions in his letter to TJ of 20 Dec. 1793. See Edmond Charles Genet, The Correspondence between Citizen Genet, Minister of the French Republic, to the United States of North America, and the Officers of the Federal Government, to which are Prefixed the Instructions from the Constituted Authorities of France to the Said Minister. All from Authentic Documents (Philadelphia, 1793; Early Am. Imprints description begins Early American Imprints, series 1: Evans, 1639–1800 [microform; digital collection], edited by American Antiquarian Society, published by Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc. Accessed: Columbia University, New York, N.Y., 2006–16, http://infoweb.newsbank.com/; Early American Imprints, series 2: Shaw-Shoemaker, 1801–1819 [microform; digital collection], edited by American Antiquarian Society, published by Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc. Accessed: Columbia University, New York, N.Y., 2006–16, http://infoweb.newsbank.com/ description ends , no. 25496), published also in various newspapers, including Philadelphia Gazette, 3 Jan.; Edward’s Baltimore Daily Advertiser, 9 Jan.; Maryland Journal (Baltimore), 13 Jan. 1794; Frederick J. Turner. ed., “Correspondence of the French Ministers to the United States,” American Historical Association, Annual Report, 1903 (Washington, D.C., 1904), “Supplement aux Instructions Données au Citoyen Genêt, Ministre Plenipotentiare de La Republique Française Pres des Etats Unis de L’Amerique,” 2: 208–9; PTJ description begins Julian T. Boyd, Charles T. Cullen et al., eds., The Papers of Thomas Jefferson (42 vols. to date; Princeton, N.J., 1950–) description ends , 27: 593–94.

3. In his letter to GW of 31 July 1793, TJ had announced his plan to resign as secretary of state at the end of September 1793; GW prevailed upon him to continue until the end of the year. After TJ resigned on 31 Dec., ER was appointed secretary of state on 2 Jan. 1794; he was succeeded as attorney general by William Bradford Jr. See PTJ description begins Julian T. Boyd, Charles T. Cullen et al., eds., The Papers of Thomas Jefferson (42 vols. to date; Princeton, N.J., 1950–) description ends , 16: 393–94, 659–60; the Diary (New York), 4 Jan. 1794.

4. Peter S. Du Ponceau, Jared Ingersoll, and Joseph Thomas of Philadelphia.