1. Letter not found.

2. H’s letter to William Bradford has not been found, but see Bradford to H, August 4, 1795.

3. For information on the Carriage Tax case (Hylton v United States), see 3 Dallas, U.S. Reports description begins A. J. Dallas, Reports of Cases Ruled and Adjudged in the Several Courts of the United States and of Pennsylvania, Held at the Seat of the Federal Government. Vol. III, Second Edition. Edited, With Notes and References to Later Decisions, by Frederick C. Brightly (New York and Albany, 1882). description ends , 171–84, and the Goebel, Law Practice description begins Julius Goebel, Jr., ed., The Law Practice of Alexander Hamilton: Documents and Commentary (New York and London, 1964–). description ends , forthcoming volumes. See also Tench Coxe to H, January 14, 19, 1795; H to Coxe, January 26, 1795; Bradford to H, July 2, August 4, 1795; Edmund Randolph to H, July 21, 1795; Wolcott to H, July 28, 1795.

4. At the end of this sentence in the MS an asterisk appears. At the bottom of this letter Wolcott wrote: “*Tench Coxe author of a piece signed Juriscola. O W.” Coxe wrote four articles which he signed “Juricola” (rather than “Juriscola”). These articles, which are entitled “An Examination of the pending Treaty with Great Britain” and are addressed “To the President of the United States of America,” appeared in The Philadelphia Gazette and Universal Daily Advertiser, July 31, August 4, 8, 12, 1795.