“ I have a secret to communicate to your prudence. The defence by Camillus was written in concert between Hamilton, King, and Jay. The writings on the first ten articles of the treaty were written by Hamilton; the rest by King, till they came to the question of the constitutionality of the treaty, which was discussed by Hamilton. Jay was to have written a concluding peroration; but being always a little lazy, and perhaps concluding, upon the whole, that it might be most politic to keep his name out of it; and perhaps finding that the work was already well done, he neglected it. This I have from King’s own mouth. It is to pass, however, for Hamilton’s. All three consulted together upon most, if not all the pieces . . . ”

Jefferson mentioned the articles by Camillus on several occasions in his correspondence.

In a letter to James Monroe, dated from Monticello September 6, 1795, he wrote: “ . . . m( ^~ r) Jay’s treaty has at length been made public. so generel a burst of dissatisfaction never before appeared against any transaction . . . some individual champions also appear. Marshall, Carrington, Harvey, Bushrod Washington, Doctor Stewart. a more powerful one is Hamilton, under the signature of Camillus. Adams holds his tongue with an address about his character . . . ” [the names written in code in the original manuscript.]

On September 10, he wrote to Tench Coxe: “ I have to acknolege the receipt of your favor of July 30. the sentiments therein expressed on the subject of the treaty coincide perfectly with those of this country, which I believe were never more unanimous. 4. or 5. individuals of Richmond, distinguished however by their talents as by their devotion to all the sacred acts of the government, & the town of Alexandria constitute the whole support of that instrument here. Camillus may according to his custom write an Encyclopedia on the subject, but it is too obstinate to be twisted by all his sophisms into a tolerable shape . . . ”

In a letter to Madison dated September 21 Jefferson mentioned also another article reprinted in the American Remembrancer, Striking Features of Mr. Jay’s Treaty (Vol. II, page 278): “ . . . the piece called ‘the Features of the treaty’ I do not send because you have seen it in the newspapers. it is said to be written by Coxe, but I should rather suspect by Beckley. the antidote is certainly not strong enough for the poison of Curtius. if I had not been informed the present came from Beckley, I should have suspected it from Jay or Hamilton . . . for god’s sake take up your pen, and give a fundamental reply to Curtius & Camillus . . . ”

On March 2, 1796, Jefferson wrote to Monroe: “ . . . The most remarkable political occurrence with us has been the treaty with England, of which no man in the US. has had the effrontery to affirm that it was not a very bad one except A. H. under the signature of Camillus . . . ”

This entry in the 1815 catalogue seems to be an error. Callender was not the author of a book of this title, and the entry is omitted from the later catalogues.

Jefferson’s copy is no longer in the Library of Congress. The first volume was missing at an early date, and is so marked in the working copy of the 1815 catalogue.