n the period covered by volume 8 of the Presidential Series, the
spring and summer of 1791, Washington completed a tour of the
southern states, traveling almost 2,000 miles through Virginia, the
Carolinas, and Georgia. During his journey the heads of executive
departments regularly reported to him from Philadelphia on
preparations for a major military expedition against hostile Indian
nations along the northwestern frontier, a boundary dispute with
the British on Lake Champlain, the negotiation of American loans in
Amsterdam, and other affairs of state. Washington was also informed
of the controversy occasioned by Thomas Jefferson's sponsorship of
the first American edition of Thomas Paine's The Rights of Man.
After the president's return to the capital in early July, his
official correspondence was concerned chiefly with planning the new
federal district, a dispute between Pennsylvania and Virginia over
an extradition case, and filling a seat on the Supreme Court and
other vacancies, including postmaster general and U.S. auditor and
comptroller. News of the slave uprising in Saint Domingue also
reached Washington in September 1791. Friends and other foreign
correspondents continued to send news from Europe, especially
concerning affairs in revolutionary France.
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