To Thomas Jefferson from Grand & Cie., 22 July 1788
From Grand & Cie.
Paris, 22 July 1788. Enclose Trumbull’s receipt for £80 paid him by Tessier, who charged them, with expenses, £2037.3s.; they have debited TJ’s account with this amount. Have had no advice yet on draft for £50 at 90 days deposited by TJ and forwarded by them for acceptance, but they will credit his account with proceeds.
RC (MHi); endorsed by TJ: “Grand’s 1re. That the £80 were paid to Trumbull That he will credit me Bannister’s bill of £50.” Enclosure (MHi): Receipt given to Lewis Teis sier, signed by Trumbull in London, 11 July 1788, and “made double to serve but for one.”
For the fate of the draft for £50, see TJ to Banister, 27 July 1788.