1. For the letter from George Hammond to Edmund Randolph of 11 April, defending the British right “to detain, and even seize” provisions transported on American ships bound for France, see ASP, Foreign Relations description begins Walter Lowrie et al., eds. American State Papers. Documents, Legislative and Executive, of the Congress of the United States. 38 vols. Washington, D.C., Gales and Seaton, 1832–61. description ends , 1:432–33.

2. Gov. William Blount’s ordinance of 19 Oct. 1793 provided for the election of representatives to the first general assembly of the Southwest Territory. The proclamation of 1 Jan. 1794 announced that the newly elected assembly would convene at Knoxville on 24 February. For both documents and the cover letter from Daniel Smith to Randolph of 1 March, see Carter, Territorial Papers description begins Clarence Edwin Carter et al., eds. The Territorial Papers of the United States. 27 vols. Washington, D.C., 1934–69. description ends , 4:309, 319, 330.

3. For the enclosed petition, see Post Vincennes citizens to GW, 20 Nov. 1793.

4. The enclosed dispatches from Madrid, reporting on the state of U.S. negotiations with Spain, were from William Carmichael and William Short to the secretary of state, 7 Dec. 1793, and from Short to the secretary of state, 9, 17, and 21 Jan. 1794. For these letters and their enclosures, see ASP, Foreign Relations description begins Walter Lowrie et al., eds. American State Papers. Documents, Legislative and Executive, of the Congress of the United States. 38 vols. Washington, D.C., Gales and Seaton, 1832–61. description ends , 1:438–46. On Randolph’s receipt of these letters, see his letter to GW of 3 April.