Jefferson encouraged and subsidized Callenders efforts and later pardoned him for his conviction in Chases courtroom
The Federalists, still smarting from the drumming they took at the polls in 1800, were not at all interested in supporting Jefferson (sort of like todays Democratic Party with President Donald Trump), so crossover votes were unlikely
At the same time, the real political power was exercised by two institutions, the gerousia (Council of Elders gerontes ) and the ephoroi (magistrates)
[i] Rufus King to Elbridge Gerry, April 30, 1786 [ii] Henry Knox to Gouverneur Morris, Feb 21, 1783
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