1. The letter carried by Jonathan Jackson was of 4 Nov. 1783 (vol. 15:341–344), which JA had answered with two letters dated 1 and 4 May 1784, both above. The letter carried by “Mr Appleton” was probably that of 4 Feb. (Adams Papers), wherein Samuel Adams introduced “the Son of Mr Nathl Appleton,” probably John Appleton whom AA saw in London in July (AFC description begins Adams Family Correspondence, ed. L. H. Butterfield, Marc Friedlaender, Richard Alan Ryerson, Margaret A. Hogan, and others, Cambridge, 1963–. description ends , 5:372, 384).

2. JQA wrote to his friend Peter Jay Munro at Paris on “Friday May: 14th 1784. Noon” that “I am going in about two hour’s to set out for London … to wait the arrival of my Mother and Sister who I Expect will arrive there soon” (NNMus). JQA went first to Hellevoetsluis, from which he sailed on 15 May, reaching London on the 17th (AFC description begins Adams Family Correspondence, ed. L. H. Butterfield, Marc Friedlaender, Richard Alan Ryerson, Margaret A. Hogan, and others, Cambridge, 1963–. description ends , 5:327). The journey to London led JA to write to Richard & Charles Puller on 14 May, requesting them to furnish funds to “the Bearer of this Letter, Mr. John Quincy Adams …, who will be in London about a month or Six Weeks” (LbC, APM Reel 107). JQA reported his arrival in his 18 May letter to JA, but, as the editors indicate there, it is unclear why JA expected the imminent arrival in England of AA and AA2 on the Gloucester Packet, Capt. John Callahan (AFC description begins Adams Family Correspondence, ed. L. H. Butterfield, Marc Friedlaender, Richard Alan Ryerson, Margaret A. Hogan, and others, Cambridge, 1963–. description ends , 5:327–328). In any case, JQA wrote to JA on 1 June that “Callahan has arrived; has had a delightful passage, but in lieu of our ladies, has only brought some letters” (AFC description begins Adams Family Correspondence, ed. L. H. Butterfield, Marc Friedlaender, Richard Alan Ryerson, Margaret A. Hogan, and others, Cambridge, 1963–. description ends , 5:335–337). JQA returned to The Hague on 28 or 29 June in company with Winslow Warren, who had arrived on Callahan’s vessel with letters from Tristram Dalton of 6 April, above, and AA of 12 April (AFC description begins Adams Family Correspondence, ed. L. H. Butterfield, Marc Friedlaender, Richard Alan Ryerson, Margaret A. Hogan, and others, Cambridge, 1963–. description ends , 5:317–320), which JQA had forwarded with his 1 June letter (to James Warren, 30 June, below).