Research plans

On flight - inspired by my thought that I really need to go for it having said good bye to the family - began to write a list of what I want to achieve on the trip and what it might lead to. Still a work in progress, but need something to discuss on Monday morning when I go to the ICJS. I think a lot of the research for the early part of the Donalds in America will focus on Pages. We know from a letter from Robert Donald that he received Washington there and Alexander wrote to Jefferson about their many "jovial days" at Pages.
Also want to do a lot of work on the compensation that was given to merchants etc after the war. How much were the Donalds paid - and surely that must have put a slight strain on things as Alexander swanned around staying at Mount Vernon etc. Does the time the payments came correspond when Jefferson and Alexander stopped writing to each other.
Two holy grails to look for - a portrait of Alexander Donald - we have paintings of his brother, his uncle and indeed several versions of his father - so is there one of him somewhere?
And also the last letter from Alexander. Jefferson wrote to Alexander on 30 May 1795. It is a lovely letter that I am sure I will refer to many times - where Jefferson says to Alexander, come to Monticello, "and fix yourself along side of it, and let us take our soupe and wine together every day, and talk over the stories of our youth, and the tales of other times. We shall never see better."
The notes at the bottom of this letter from the Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Digital edition, say: "Donald closed his correspondence with TJ with a letter of 22 Feb. 1796, recorded in SJL as received from London 14 May 1796, but not found."
Closed his correspondence? That sounds quite dramatic. Alexander loved to name drop and flatter Jefferson, so why suddenly did he close his correspondence? Might have something to do with the fact that Jefferson carried on dealing with Alexander's ex business partner Burton after their company went bust and Alexander asked him not to.