1. On 8 Oct. 1804 a full pardon was issued for Alexandria resident George McFarlin, who had been convicted in the Alexandria court of “Riot and Assault” and fined $10 and costs (DNA: RG 59, PPR).

2. The nominations of David Broadie, Edmund Key, and Edward Hall were submitted to the Senate on 12 Nov. 1804 and approved on 22 Nov. (Senate Exec. Proceedings description begins Journal of the Executive Proceedings of the Senate of the United States of America (3 vols.; Washington, D.C., 1828). description ends , 1:471, 474).

3. Left blank in both copies. Edward Turner’s recess appointment as land register was later confirmed by the Senate (Jefferson to JM, 19 Mar. 1803, PJM-SS description begins Robert J. Brugger et al., eds., The Papers of James Madison: Secretary of State Series (7 vols. to date; Charlottesville, Va., 1986–). description ends , 4:434; Senate Exec. Proceedings description begins Journal of the Executive Proceedings of the Senate of the United States of America (3 vols.; Washington, D.C., 1828). description ends , 1:452–53, 455). For Jefferson’s notes of complaints against him, see Carter, Territorial Papers, Mississippi, 5:375 and n. 66. Fitzpatrick’s prolonged absence from Mississippi led to his being replaced with Thomas Hill Williams (ibid., 5:356, 369, 375–76 and n. 68, 380, 385; Senate Exec. Proceedings description begins Journal of the Executive Proceedings of the Senate of the United States of America (3 vols.; Washington, D.C., 1828). description ends , 1:486).

4. On 9 Nov. 1804 Jefferson named Backus, Bates, and Fitzpatrick to the positions listed. Toulmin was named “one of the Judges of the Mississippi Territory.” The appointments were approved on 20 and 22 Nov. (ibid., 1:471–72, 473–74). For Toulmin’s request for a judgeship, see Toulmin to JM, 1 May 1804, PJM-SS description begins Robert J. Brugger et al., eds., The Papers of James Madison: Secretary of State Series (7 vols. to date; Charlottesville, Va., 1986–). description ends , 7:128–29.

5. In a separate note to JM dated 12 Oct. 1804, Jefferson named “Nathaniel Ewing of Pensylvania to be Reciever of public monies at Vincennes” (1 p.; ViU). The Senate received Ewing’s nomination on 12 Nov. 1804; it was approved on 20 Nov. (Senate Exec. Proceedings description begins Journal of the Executive Proceedings of the Senate of the United States of America (3 vols.; Washington, D.C., 1828). description ends , 1:471–72, 473).