541To Thomas Jefferson from John Sullivan, 4 March 1786 (Jefferson Papers)
I have the honor to inclose to your Excellencey some Letters to persons in France which beg you will take the trouble to forward. This Country affords at present nothing that could give your Excellency pleasure to have a relation of. The Scarcity of Cash is universal and is in this Northern part more severely felt on Account of an Act intituled an Act to regulate Navigation and Commerce. This...
542To Thomas Jefferson from Thevenard, 10 February 1786 (Jefferson Papers)
M. Barkley ma remis la lettre dont votre Excellence m’a honoré le 13 du mois dernier. J’ai l’honneur de vous rendre graces de la permission que vous me donnez de prendre une Copie d’un des portraits de M. Wasingthon que vous possedez. J’ai celui de M. franklin peint avec la plus grande verité, et je voudrais lui mettre en regard celui du Celebre Général dans la même format ou grandeur: cest à...
543To Thomas Jefferson from Thevenard, 27 February 1786 (Jefferson Papers)
J’ai l’honneur de vous rendre graces des termes flatteurs et honorables que votre Excellence veut bien m’accorder. Je n’ai fait pour les Americains ce que l’humanité éxigeoit pour leur position, et ce que m’indiquoi mon estime particuliere et ma Vénération pour leur Courage et leur Sagesse dans les Evénémens qui se sont passés. Je viens de vèriffier au Bureau des Classes l’affaire de M. Wibert...
544To Thomas Jefferson from Thevenard, 17 May 1786 (Jefferson Papers)
J’ai appris votre voyage en Angletterre et votre retour en france par la voye des papiers publics. J’ai Lhonneur de vous remercier du souvenir dont vous m’honorez a l’ocasion du portrait de M. Wasingthon, dont vous daignez vous occupper à me procurer une Copie. J’attandrais trop de tems M. Trumbill et Je prie votre Exellence de me procurer la Copie de ce Portrait peint par M. Peele, Si c’est...
545To Thomas Jefferson from Charles Thomson, 6 April 1786 (Jefferson Papers)
I have received your letter of the 8th October as well as those of 21 June by Mr. Otto and the 14 July by Mr. Houdon. I read your notes with much pleasure and intended to have troubled you with some observations on them; but they have been so much out of my hands, though entrusted to such as you would approve, that I have not had an opportunity to revise them with that attention I wished and...
546To Thomas Jefferson from Charles Thomson, 2 November 1785 (Jefferson Papers)
I have received your several favours of Feby 8 June 21 and July 14 and also a copy of your Notes by Mr. Houdon, for which I am much obliged. It grieves me to the soul that there should be such just grounds for your apprehensions respecting the irritation that will be produced in the southern states by what you have said of slavery. However I would not have you discouraged. This is a cancer...
547[To Thomas Jefferson from Nathaniel Tracy, 7 April 1786] (Jefferson Papers)
[ Boston, 7 Apr. 1786 . Recorded in SJL as received 28 Nov. 1786, “by Derby.” Not found.]
548To Thomas Jefferson from Nathaniel Tracy, 22 March 1786 (Jefferson Papers)
I take the Liberty of introducing to your Civilities Capt. Nathaniel Cutting who will have the Honor of delivering you this. You will find this Gentleman well informed with respect to the general State of our Affairs in this Country, and from a long Acquaintance with him I know that the greatest Confidence may be placed in his Honor and Integrity. Therefore I shall not apologize for this...
549To Thomas Jefferson from Jean-Armand Tronchin, 22 January 1786 (Jefferson Papers)
Permettés moi d’avoir l’honneur de vous remettre la notte cy-jointe qui m’a été adressée par Messeigneurs du Conseil de Genève, avec charge de recourrir à vos bons offices, Monsieur, pour procurer à une famille des plus considérables de ma patrie les éclaircissemens qui lui sont nécessaires. Je me flatte, Monsieur, que vous voudrés bien acceuillir ma demande: Messeigneurs en seront très...
550To Thomas Jefferson from Jean-Armand Tronchin, [after 22 November 1785] (Jefferson Papers)
[ Paris, after 22 Nov. 1785 .] Formal note announcing his presentation on 22 Nov. 1785 to the King and the royal family as minister from the republic of Geneva. RC ( DLC ); 1 p.; in French; undated. To Lister Asquith
551[To Thomas Jefferson from Troyes, 1 June 1786] (Jefferson Papers)
[ Paris, 1 June 1786 . Entered in SJL as received 1 June 1786, “with letters for Col. Wuibert.” Not found. See Wuibert to TJ, 1 Nov. 1786 , and note there.]
552To Thomas Jefferson from Troyes, 23 May 1786 (Jefferson Papers)
En aquitant ches Mr. Grand la Lettre de Change que vous aviés Sur moy tirée de Nantes à veu de £1944.12.2., et d’aprés ce que vous avés decidé, J’ay laissé en reserve Seulement quatre cent Livres Sur cette somme, quoique celle que Mr. Wuibert Pere reclame pour Ses avances à L’egard de Son fils Soit de Sept cent Livres. J’ay Ecrit Sans tarder à mon Beaupere pour le prevenir de cet arrangement...
553To Thomas Jefferson from Vergennes, 18 January 1786 (Jefferson Papers)
M. le Mis. de Verac Ambassadeur du Roy à la haye me prie, Monsieur, de m’intéresser à M. Dumas qui réside en hollande en qualité de chargé des affaires du Congrès. Cet Ambassadeur fait en même tems les plus grands éloges du zèle et des talents de M. Dumas, ainsy que des services importans qu’il a rendus à la cause Américaine. Le Congrès lui avoit fait espérer un traitement plus avantageux et...
554To Thomas Jefferson from Vergennes, with Regulations Concerning Tobacco, 30 May 1786 (Jefferson Papers)
Je m’empresse de vous prévenir, Monsieur, qu’il vient d’être décidé que, malgré le Traité que la ferme-Générale a fait avec M. Robert Morris pour la livraison d’une certaine quantité de Tabacs, elle en prendra du Commerce jusqu’à la concurrence de 15,000 boucauds par an. Pour vous mieux faire connaître l’étendue de la décision dont il s’agit, je vous en envoye l’extrait ci-joint. Je vous prie...
555To Thomas Jefferson from Vergennes, 27 May 1786 (Jefferson Papers)
J’ai l’honneur, Monsieur, de vous envoyer la copie d’une nouvelle lettre que j’ai reçue de M. de Calonne relativement à la goelette américaine The Williams et Catherine saisie à Roscoff; elle confirme que les ordres ont été donnés pour la liberté du Capitaine et de l’equipage, et que les fermiers-généraux s’y sont conformés, ainsi que vous le verrez par leur mémoire dont la copie est...
556To Thomas Jefferson from Vergennes, 30 November 1785 (Jefferson Papers)
Vous êtes sûrement informé, Monsieur, qu’un négociant de Boston , ayant amené en france des huiles de baleine, n’a pu trouver à les vendre à cause des droits imposés sur cette espèce de marchandise, droits qui sont acquittés par toutes les nations, à l’exception des villes anséatiques. M. le Controleur-général, touché de la perte qu’éprouveroit le négociant dont il s’agit, si on...
557Enclosure: In the House of Delegates, 14 November 1785 (Jefferson Papers)
Whereas, the relative situation of the United States, has been found on trial, to require uniformity in their commercial regulations, as the only effectual policy for obtaining in the ports of foreign nations a stipulation of privileges reciprocal to those enjoyed by the subjects of such nations in the ports of the United States, for preventing animosities, which cannot fail to arise among the...
558To Thomas Jefferson from John Walker, 4 February 1786 (Jefferson Papers)
Long ago should I have written to you, My Dear Friend, but for a Tale of sorrow which I feared I should not have had Fortitude to tell. I suppose you know what I allude to, having heard before this time, that I have lost my Dear Daughter. She died in Carolina Oct. the 17th 1784, leaving us one only Pledge, a sweet little pratling grand Daughter. Enought of this melancholy Subject. Mr. Doradeur...
559To Thomas Jefferson from Wilt Delmestre & Co., 3 May 1786 (Jefferson Papers)
Having apply’d this Day to the Navy office of this Place in order to recover one eighth part of Prize Money due to Jo. White Mid Ship Man on Board the Bonhomme-Richard Commodore Paul Jones during her Cruises from 14th. March 1779 to March 1780, we were Shewn in the Registers that said Prize Money amounting to L293₶ 4s. had been deliver’d into the hands of Commodore Jones along with the rest of...
560To Thomas Jefferson from Patience Wright, 15 December 1785 (Jefferson Papers)
In Mr. Smiths absence the politicall afairs of Irelands traid with America was transacted with great suckssess wonderfuly brott forward by gentlemen who from principl have acted with the same spirit which first brot forward the Independence of the America States and all other Revolutions in Church and States of all Nations. You will see by their letters to me and other Circumstances of...
561To Thomas Jefferson from Antoine-Félix Wuibert, 26 December 1785 (Jefferson Papers)
Cape Français, Santo Domingo, 26 Dec. 1785. This letter is a duplicate of Wuibert’s earlier letters to TJ of 5 and 12 Dec. 1785 ; see the summary printed above under 5 Dec. RC ( DLC ); 6 p.; in French. TJ’s record in SJL under 31 Apr. 1786 of receipt of a letter from Wuibert dated “16” Dec. 1785 is probably an error for the present letter. Enclosures: See the note to Wuibert to TJ, 5 Dec ., above.
562To Thomas Jefferson from Antoine-Félix Wuibert, 5 December 1785 (Jefferson Papers)
Cape Français, Santo Domingo, 5 Dec. 1785. Though unknown to TJ, he appeals to him, as a loyal citizen of the United States, concerning his rights. Born at “ Mézières-sur-Meuse en Champagne, ” he left his large family many years ago and lived some time in Santo Domingo with “ un parent fort-Respectable, M. Du Portal, Lieutenant général des armées du Roy. ” After this relative’s untimely death,...
563To Thomas Jefferson from Antoine-Félix Wuibert, 12 December 1785 (Jefferson Papers)
Cape Français, Santo Domingo, 12 Dec. 1785 . This letter is a duplicate of Wuibert’s earlier letter of 5 Dec. 1785; see the summary under that date. RC ( DLC ); 6 p.; in French. Recorded in SJL as received 31 Apr. 1786. Enclosures: See note to Wuibert to TJ, 5 Dec. 1785.
564To Thomas Jefferson from George Wythe, 10 January 1786 (Jefferson Papers)
My neighbour Madison, just now, sent to me a pacquet , which i perceived, by the superscription, to have come from you; a favour little deserved by one who had not writen to you since you crossed the atlantic. I will not say what was the cause of this silence; but can swear, that the cause was not forgetfullness of you, nor want of good will for you. Before i opened the pacquet observing it to...
565To Thomas Jefferson from George Wythe, 10 February 1786 (Jefferson Papers)
In a letter, written lately to you, after acknowledging the receipt of a pacquet, i begged you, if it would not be inconvenient, to procure for me the arms of Taliaferro, engraven on a small copper plate, with the name Richard Taliaferro, and this motto, taken from Επτα επι Θηβας Αισχυλου, S.598. Ου δοκειν αριςος αλλ’ ειναι or without αριςος , if you think it, omitted, will be understood. In...
566Editorial Note: Negotiations for a Treaty of Amity and Commerce with Portugal (Jefferson Papers)
The articles of the proposed treaty with Portugal were drawn up, as Jefferson later declared, “almost in the precise terms of those of Prussia” ( TJ to Dumas, 6 May 1786 ; TJ to Humphreys, 7 May 1786 ). It is true that the projet was based on the “General Form” of a treaty as prepared in 1784 (see Vol. 7: 463–79), but the draft that Adams caused his secretary of legation, William Stephens...