1. Both enclosures, a letter from Maj. Gen. William Phillips to Jay of 6 June, and a copy of the congressional resolution of 18 June directing Capt. William Featherstone to “repair immediately to the town of Mount Holly [N.J.] & remain there until the treaty for his exchange between the commanders in chief of both armies shall be terminated,” are in DLC:GW; see also JCC, description begins Worthington Chauncey Ford et al., eds. Journals of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789. 34 vols. Washington, D.C., 1904–37. description ends 14:744. For more on Featherstone’s parole, see Phillips to GW, 6 June, and Board of War to GW, 12 June, and n.1 to that document.

A letter from Jay to Phillips, written at Philadelphia on 22 June, reads: “Your favor of the 6th Inst was delivered to me a few days ago by Capt. Fetherstone. His dispatches were sent by Express to General Washington, whose Orders he will receive at Mount-Holly agreeable to a Resolution of Congress” (Smith, Letters of Delegates, description begins Paul H. Smith et al., eds. Letters of Delegates to Congress, 1774–1789. 26 vols. Washington, D.C., 1976–2000. description ends 13:98).

2. Jay’s mention of the “Southern Express” undoubtedly indicated his anxiety for confirmation of a reported overwhelming American success in the south, which ultimately proved erroneous (see Jay to GW, 4 and 7 June, and GW to James Clinton, 13 June; see also GW to John Augustine Washington, this date, and n.7 to that document).