[415] Washington to Marshall, Oct. 10, 1796; ib.
[416] Marshall to Washington, Oct. 12, 1796; Washington MSS., Lib. Cong.
[417] Genêt's successor as French Minister to the United States.
[418] Interesting State Papers, 48 et seq.
[419] Interesting State Papers, 55.
[420] For able defense of Randolph see Conway, chap. xxiii; but contra, see Gibbs, i, chap. ix.
[421] Patterson of New Jersey, Johnson of Maryland, C. C. Pinckney of South Carolina, Patrick Henry of Virginia, and Rufus King of New York. (Washington to Hamilton, Oct. 29, 1795; Writings: Ford, xiii, 129-30.) King declined because of the abuse heaped upon public officers. (Hamilton to Washington, Nov. 5, 1795; ib., footnote to 130.)
[422] Washington to Hamilton, Oct. 29, 1795; Writings: Ford, xiii, 131.
[423] For debate see Annals, 4th Cong., 1st Sess., 423-1291.
[424] Carrington to Washington, May 9, 1796; MS., Lib. Cong.