1To Thomas Jefferson from Duler, 27 November 1786 (Jefferson Papers)
Reville, Normandy, 27 Nov. 1786. Has considered for two months the possibility of appealing for aid; was introduced to TJ, in Charlottesville, by John Walker about three years before; but, Congress having sent TJ to Europe shortly thereafter, was deprived of strengthening the acquaintance. Sailed from France in 1778 with a cargo for America; was cast away on the eastern shore of Virginia;...