1Enclosure A: Nicholas Duff to Joshua Johnson, 3 March 1791 (Jefferson Papers)
London, 3 Mch. 1791 . As Johnson is acquainted with the three months’ detention of Rachel , he will not restate the particulars. One of the officers of the Customs had brought suit against him and he was obliged to give bail of £500 sterling before Rachel , not being given entry in any British port, could proceed to Ostend where her cargo was landed by order of the consignees. There he took on...