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To Thomas Jefferson from La Rouerie, 22 January 1786

From La Rouerie

La Rouerie, 22 Jan. 1786. Acknowledges receipt of TJ’s letter of 12 Jan. and thanks him for his part in “seeing justice done to us”; requests that TJ write to Congress on the subject; encloses letters to be forwarded to Congress, the Board of Treasury, and Gen. Washington.

RC (ViWC); 2 p.; endorsed. Noted in SJL as received 31 Jan. 1786. Enclosures: La Rouerie to Congress, read in Congress 18 Apr. 1786 (DNA: PCC, No. 164; JCC description begins Journals of the Continental Congress, 1774–1789, ed. W. C. Ford and others, Washington, 1904–1937 description ends , xxx, 198); same to Commissioners of Treasury (not found); same to George Washington, 20 Jan. (see Washington’s reply, 10 Aug. 1786, Writings, ed. Fitzpatrick, xxvii, 514–15).

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    To Thomas Jefferson from La Rouerie, 22 January 1786
    Author
    La Rouërie, Armand Charles Tuffin, Marquis de (Col. Armand)
    Recipient
    Jefferson, Thomas
    Date
    22 January 1786

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    “To Thomas Jefferson from La Rouerie, 22 January 1786,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-09-02-0181. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, vol. 9, 1 November 1785 – 22 June 1786, ed. Julian P. Boyd. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1954, p. 193.]

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