6. A fuller account of Paul Randall's decision to accept
JA's request that he accompany Capt. John Lamb on the mission to Algiers is in
AA2, Jour. and Corr., [3]:187–189, 191, which says that Col. Franks suggested Randall. See also
AA to
JQA,
5 Oct., above; and
Jefferson, Papers, vols. 8–10.