1. On 18 Aug. 1791 Charles Pinckney, governor of South Carolina, had written the president concerning American fugitives in Spanish Florida, particularly Saint Augustine (DNA: RG 59, State Department, Miscellaneous Letters). Washington referred the matter to Jefferson (see Jefferson to Washington, 7 Nov. 1791, Ford, Writings of Jefferson description begins Paul Leicester Ford, ed., The Writings of Thomas Jefferson (10 vols.; New York, 1892–99). description ends , V, 385–87; Washington to Pinckney, 8 Nov. 1791, Fitzpatrick, Writings of Washington description begins John C. Fitzpatrick, ed., The Writings of George Washington, from the Original Manuscript Sources, 1745–1799 (39 vols.; Washington, 1931–44). description ends , XXXI, 413; Jefferson to Pinckney, 15 Dec. 1791, and enclosures [DLC: Jefferson Papers]). In a letter of 1 Apr. 1792, Jefferson indicated to Pinckney, using arguments similar to those in his letter to JM, that William Carmichael and William Short would propose a fugitive convention incorporating sufficient safeguards in their negotiations for a treaty with Spain (Ford, Writings of Jefferson description begins Paul Leicester Ford, ed., The Writings of Thomas Jefferson (10 vols.; New York, 1892–99). description ends , V, 492–93).