2291To Thomas Jefferson from John Brown Cutting, 30 August 1788 (Jefferson Papers)
The inclosed paper contains some few articles of intelligence which perhaps may not have reached you by any other channel. When the last vessels quitted New York about the 8th of July, the convention of that State still continued to debate upon the great question of rejecting or adopting the national constitution and it is with concern I perceive that the probabilities against an immediate...
2292To Thomas Jefferson from John Rutledge, Jr., 30 August 1788 (Jefferson Papers)
I have had the honor to receive by this days post, yours of August 12th. My getting it was very accidental. In the hurry of leaving Berne it never occur’d to me telling the post master what was to be done with any letters he might receive for me, and I am indebted to a friend of mine for sending forward yours from Berne where, I imagine, from the length of time which has intervened between its...
2293From George Washington to Thomas Jefferson, 31 August 1788 (Washington Papers)
I was very much gratified by the receipt of your letter, dated the 3d of May. You have my best thanks for the political information contained in it, as well as for the satisfactory account of the Canal of Languedoc. It gives me pleasure to be made acquainted with the particulars of that stupendous work, tho’ I do not expect to derive any but speculative advantages from it. When America will be...
2294To Thomas Jefferson from Madame de Brionne, 31 August 1788 (Jefferson Papers)
Mad. La Comtesse de Brionne fait mille complimens à Monsieur de Jefferson, elle est arrivée de la campagne et doit repartir mercredy; dans cet interval, il lui seroit bien essentiel d’avoir l’honneur de voir Monsieur de Jefferson; l’obligeance avec laquelle il a bien voulu lui répondre confirme sa confiance. Elle lui demande donc de vouloir bien lui faire dire quel Jour et à quelle heure, elle...
2295To Thomas Jefferson from Gaudenzio Clerici, [31 August 1788?] (Jefferson Papers)
It cannot be pride; it cannot be diffidence; nor can it be a false sentiment of shame to acknowledge my poverty already Known to you, that I feel an unsurmountable discouragement in soliciting again by words of mouth your uman assistance in this present Epoca of distress. It is, Honble. Sir, a right apprehension of the danger, in which I expose myself to lose thro’ importunity and indiscretion...
2296To Thomas Jefferson from George Washington, 31 August 1788 (Jefferson Papers)
I was very much gratified by the receipt of your letter, dated the 3d. of May.—You have my best thanks for the political information contained in it, as well as for the satisfactory account of the Canal of Languedoc.—It gives me pleasure to be made acquainted with the particulars of that stupendous work, tho’ I do not expect to derive any but speculative advantages from it.—When America will...
2297To Thomas Jefferson from H. & L. Bergasse, Frères, September 1788 (Jefferson Papers)
Marseilles, Sep. 1788 . Introduce “Mr. Simon” who proposes to establish a business in America and wishes, therefore, to talk with TJ. RC ( DLC ); 2 p.; in French; endorsed by TJ: “Bergasse. Gave M. Simon lre. to T. Barclay.” The letter of introduction of Simon to Thomas Barclay is not recorded in SJL Index and has not been found, nor is the present letter recorded in SJL Index.
2298To Thomas Jefferson from Gaudenzio Clerici, [1 September 1788] (Jefferson Papers)
I have received—I am so confused in the generous act and generous expressions you make use of that know not how to thank You, or how to reproach myself. May you live happy Honble. Sir. RC ( DLC ); written on a scrap of paper, unsigned, undated, and unaddressed; ascribed to Clerici on the basis of handwriting; date supplied conjecturally on the basis of TJ’s letter to Clerici of 31 Aug. 1788.
2299To Thomas Jefferson from Jonathan Nesbitt, 2 September 1788 (Jefferson Papers)
Not having the honor of being Personally known to you, I must begin by beging your excuse for the trouble I am about to give you. It is by the advice of Mr. R. Morris that I now adress you, who this day assured me that I might do so in full Confidence that you would endeavor to obtain what I desire. I will therefore without further preamble proceed to acquaint you with my situation. During the...
2300To Thomas Jefferson from John Trumbull, 2 September 1788 (Jefferson Papers)
I have your letter of the 24th. August and having seen no secondhand Carriage to my mind, have given orders for the new one: which I trust will be both substantial and elegant:—There are three articles however in your description which being extraordinary will add to the price:—the Venetian blinds are not much us’d here, tho they are much better for a hot Climate than the common ones, and they...