1From Thomas Jefferson to Henry Lee, 21 May 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
I have been duly honored with your favor of May 8. covering the letter of Mr. Newton, and that of May 13. with the letter of the British consul at Norfolk and the information of Henry Tucker, all of which have been laid before the President. The putting the several harbours of the US. into a state of defence having never yet been the subject of deliberation and decision with the legislature,...
2From Thomas Jefferson to Henry Lee, 28 June 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
I should much sooner have answered your favor of the 15th . of May on the subject of a Mace, by sending you the inclosed design of Dr. Thornton, whose taste and imagination are both good: but that I have not myself been satisfied with the introduction of the rattlesnake into the design. There is in Man as well as brutes, an antipathy to the snake, which renders it a disgusting object wherever...
3From Thomas Jefferson to Henry Lee, 17 July 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
I was honored in due time with your favor of June 16. on the subject of an infectious disease supposed to be prevailing in the Windward islands, and the precautions necessary to be taken on our part. The absence of the President prevented it’s being immediately laid before him. That has been now done, and it is thought that no provision on the subject has been made by the laws of the general...