1. On JJ’s receipt of a Spanish horse as a gift from the King of Spain, see JJ to Diego de Gardoqui, 1 Mar., and to Charles Thomson, [3 Mar. 1786], JJSP description begins Elizabeth M. Nuxoll et al., eds., The Selected Papers of John Jay (4 vols. to date; Charlottesville, Va., 2010–) description ends , 4: 304–6. GW accepted JJ’s offer and sent three mares to Bedford for breeding purposes. PGW: PS description begins Dorothy Twohig et al., eds., The Papers of George Washington, Presidential Series (19 vols. to date; Charlottesville, Va., 1987–) description ends , 1: 350. See also ads appearing in the New-York Journal, 25 May 1786 and 15 May 1788, Country Journal (Poughkeepsie), 28 Apr. 1789, and Connecticut Courant (Hartford), 29 Apr. 1793.

2. The Federalists had pressed for electing the six congressmen at large; the Antifederalists argued for separate districts, and the latter won. Although the districting favored the Antis, the election resulted in an even division. Egbert Benson was among those elected. The state legislature was also divided on the method of electing U.S. senators, whether by ballot of both houses or separate ballots by each. A compromise resulted in the election in July 1789 of two Federalist senators, Rufus King, who was newly resident in New York, and Philip Schuyler. Young, Democratic-Republicans, 132–36, 146–48; Journal of the Assembly of the state of New-York, at the first meeting of the thirteenth session, begun and holden at the city of Albany, the sixth day of July 1789 (Early Am. Imprints description begins Early American Imprints, series 1: Evans, 1639–1800 [microform; digital collection], edited by American Antiquarian Society, published by Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc. Accessed: Columbia University, New York, N.Y., 2006–16, http://infoweb.newsbank.com/; Early American Imprints, series 2: Shaw-Shoemaker, 1801–1819 [microform; digital collection], edited by American Antiquarian Society, published by Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc. Accessed: Columbia University, New York, N.Y., 2006–16, http://infoweb.newsbank.com/ description ends , no. 22009), 22–26; Journal of the Senate of the State of New York, at the first meeting of the thirteenth session, begun and holden at the city of Albany, the sixth day of July 1789 (Early Am. Imprints description begins Early American Imprints, series 1: Evans, 1639–1800 [microform; digital collection], edited by American Antiquarian Society, published by Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc. Accessed: Columbia University, New York, N.Y., 2006–16, http://infoweb.newsbank.com/; Early American Imprints, series 2: Shaw-Shoemaker, 1801–1819 [microform; digital collection], edited by American Antiquarian Society, published by Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc. Accessed: Columbia University, New York, N.Y., 2006–16, http://infoweb.newsbank.com/ description ends , no. 22011), 15–16; BDC.