1. The enclosed resolution of 14 Dec. 1789 directed the governor and council of Virginia to provide Congress with information on the navigation of the Potomac. Among the enclosures was a chart of the Potomac and a printed broadside, which had been sent to Governor Randolph by Thomas Johnson, president of the Potomac Company (PJM description begins William T. Hutchinson et al., eds., The Papers of James Madison (vols. 1–10, Chicago, 1962–77; vols. 11—, Charlottesville, Va., 1977—). description ends , XII, 461, 462 n. 1; CVSP description begins William P. Palmer et al., eds., Calendar of Virginia State Papers and Other Manuscripts (11 vols.; Richmond, 1875–93). description ends , V, 99–100). The broadside, drafted by a committee of Georgetown and Alexandria merchants and dated 7 Dec. 1789, was part of a concerted publicity effort by advocates of a Potomac location for the national capital (Daniel Carroll to JM, 4 Oct. 1789, PJM description begins William T. Hutchinson et al., eds., The Papers of James Madison (vols. 1–10, Chicago, 1962–77; vols. 11—, Charlottesville, Va., 1977—). description ends , XII, 428; Adam Stephen to JM, 3 Mar. 1790 and n. 1). JM’s copy of the broadside, possibly the one sent by Governor Randolph with this letter, is in the Madison collection of printed materials, Rare Book Division, Library of Congress. For a full discussion and reprinting of the broadside, see Donald Sweig, “A Capital on the Potomac: A 1789 Broadside and Alexandria’s Attempts to Capture the Cherished Prize,” VMHB description begins Virginia Magazine of History and Biography. description ends , LXXXVII (1979), 74–104.

2. Alexander White, writing for the delegation, acknowledged receipt of the letter and its enclosures on 24 Feb. (CVSP description begins William P. Palmer et al., eds., Calendar of Virginia State Papers and Other Manuscripts (11 vols.; Richmond, 1875–93). description ends , V, 118).