1Editorial Note: The Settlement of Jefferson’s Accounts as Minister Plenipotentiary in France (Jefferson Papers)
The submission of Jefferson’s accounts with the United States and supporting documentation to Auditor Richard Harrison was a key step in the protracted settlement of his financial transactions as Minister Plenipotentiary in France. Destruction of the original accounts and related records in the Register’s Office at the Treasury Department in the fire that engulfed Washington during the British...