1. The missing letter from Jefferson to George Hammond of 5 Dec. 1791 should have accompanied GW’s address to the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives of 5 Dec. 1793. For this letter, which concerns the possibility of negotiating a treaty of commerce with Great Britain, see Jefferson Papers description begins Julian P. Boyd et al., eds. The Papers of Thomas Jefferson. 41 vols. to date. Princeton, N.J., 1950–. description ends , 22:378–79. Following instructions from GW, Bartholomew Dandridge, Jr., sent a copy of this resolution to Edmund Randolph, the current secretary of state, on 21 Jan. and requested that he “furnish the letter therein required, if in his possession” (DNA: RG 59, Miscellaneous Letters).

2. New Jersey native Lambert Cadwalader (d. 1823) was a graduate of the College of Philadelphia in 1760, an officer in the Continental army during the Revolutionary War, and a delegate to the Continental Congress, 1785–87. He represented New Jersey in the U.S. House of Representatives, 1789–91 and 1793–95.

Dr. Samuel Holten (1738–1816) was a native of Massachusetts, where he served several terms in the state legislature and on the Governor’s Council. He was a delegate to the Continental Congress, 1778–80, 1783–85, and 1787. He served in the U.S. House of Representatives, 1793–95, and then as a judge of the probate court for Essex County, Mass., 1796–1815.

3. William Lambert (d. 1834) was a native of Virginia. He served as a clerk in the State Department under Thomas Jefferson, 1790–92, and later in the House of Representatives as the principle assistant to John Beckley (Lambert to Jefferson, 8 June 1793, Jefferson Papers description begins Julian P. Boyd et al., eds. The Papers of Thomas Jefferson. 41 vols. to date. Princeton, N.J., 1950–. description ends , 26:234–35).