[4] His ship returned to the city in August 1785, carrying rich cargo including teas, porcelain, satins, silk, paper wall-hangings, cinnamon, rhubarb, and opium.

[5] Upon hearing of the sale, George Washington sent Colonel Tench Tilghman with a list of articles he wanted "if great bargains are to be had — my purchases depends entirely on the prices".

[3] O'Donnell later made another voyage to the East, returning after an absence of two and a half years on June 29, 1789, and offering his ship, the Chesapeake, and its cargo from India and China for sale.

[11] During global protests following the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis, a Change.org petition calling for Mayor Bernard C. Young to remove the O'Donnell statue was filed, and had almost 600 signatures by October 2020.

[10] In April 2021, Mayor Brandon Scott ordered the statue's removal and announced, with City Administrator Christopher Shorter, the formation of a team to evaluate the fates of other monuments in Baltimore.