From Thomas Jefferson to George Washington, 31 May 1793
To George Washington
May 31. 93.
Th: Jefferson has now the honor of inclosing to the President the draught of a letter to Mr. Genet on the subject of the departure of the privateer.—Also a letter just received from Colo. Humphreys.
RC (DNA: RG 59, MLR); addressed: “The President of the US.”; endorsed by Tobias Lear as a letter of 1 June 1793. Tr (Lb in same, SDC). Not recorded in SJL. Enclosures: (1) Draft of TJ to Edmond Charles Genet, 5 June 1793. (2) David Humphreys to TJ, 4 Apr. 1793.
The President returned the second enclosure to TJ on this day and the first on the following day, when he also sent TJ a 4 Apr. 1793 letter he had just received from Humphreys (
156, 157, 158).