succeeds Jefferson as secretary of state, 184;
directed to prepare a remonstrance against English "provision order," 185;
opposed to Jay treaty, 188;
letter of Washington to, on conditional ratification, 189, 191, 192, 194;
guilty, apparently, from Fauchet letter, of corrupt practices, 196;
his position not a cause for Washington's signing treaty, 196-200;
receives Fauchet letter, resigns, 201;
his personal honesty, 201;
his discreditable carelessness, 202;
fairly treated by Washington, 203, 204;