TJ’s notes relate to candidates for appointments he considered during July. It is not always clear when or from whom TJ derived his information. He based his list of candidates for the Legislative council of Orleans Territory on the characterizations enclosed in James Wilkinson’s letter of 1 July, with additional information from recommendations included in William C. C. Claiborne’s letter of 29 May, which TJ received on 4 July. The numbers that TJ wrote next to some of the Orleans candidates he took from his numbering system for the characterizations. TJ summarized his 5 July consultation with Gallatin regarding sundry domestic appointments, several of which he opted to let “lie till I return” from Monticello. At different points TJ added information, such as his notations of letters written to several candidates on 20 July offering appointments in Orleans Territory and Louisiana District. Checkmarks he inserted to the left of several names apparently indicated those who were offered appointments, although TJ did not use this marking consistently throughout his notes (see also Vol. 43: Appendix II). Other markings may have indicated some of his early preferences for appointments.