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Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson.by Thomas Jefferson.PREFACE.The opinion universally entertained of the extraordinary abilities of Thomas Jefferson, and the signal evidence given by his country, of a profound s
- 150 TO THE PRESIDENT.Philadelphia, November 2,1792.Sir, The letter of October the 29th, from Messrs. Viar and Jaudenes, not expressing the principle on which their government interests itself between the United States and the Creeks, I thought it of importanc
- 149 LETTER CXIX.--TO MR. PINCKNEY, October 12,1792 TO MR. PINCKNEY.Philadelphia, October 12,1792.Dear Sir, Your favor of August the 7th came to hand on the 6th instant, and gave me the first certain information of your safe arrival. Mr. Otto, being about to s
- 148 LETTER CXIV.--TO GOUVERNEUR MORRIS, June 16, 1792 TO GOUVERNEUR MORRIS.Philadelphia, June 16, 1792.Dear Sir, My last to you was of March the 28th. Yours of April the 6th and 10th came to hand three days ago.With respect to the particular objects of commer
- 147 The ransom of the captives is next to be considered. They are now thirteen in number; to wit, Richard O'Bryan and Isaac Stevens, captains, Andrew Montgomery and Alexander Forsyth, mates, Jacob Tessanier, a French pa.s.senger, William Patterson, Philip Sl
- 146 For in the present state of things, it is next to impossible not to owe something. But I see neither injustice nor inconvenience in permitting the fugitive to be sued in our courts. The laws of some countries punis.h.i.+ng the unfortunate debtor by perpet
- 145 The Secretary of State presents his compliments to Mr. Hammond, and encloses him the draught of a letter to the President of the United States, which he has prepared to accompany Mr. Hammond's communication of the 11th and letter of the 12th. The whole w
- 144 Th: Jefferson.LETTER C.--TO COLONEL PICKERING, March 28, 1792 TO COLONEL PICKERING.Philadelphia, March 28, 1792.Sir, The President has desired me to confer with you on the proposition I made the other day, of endeavoring to move the posts at the rate of o
- 143 On the receipt of your letter of the 14th of December, I communicated it to the President of the United States, and under the sanction of his authority, the princ.i.p.al members of the executive department made it their duty to make known in conversations
- 142 Philadelphia, January 17, 1792.Sir, Your favors of November the 29th, 30th, and December the 1st, came duly to hand, and gave sincere pleasure, by announcing your disposition to accept the appointment to London. The nominations to Paris and the Hague havi
- 141 Sir, Your favor of November the 30th remains still unanswered, because the clerks are employed in copying some doc.u.ments on the subject of the treaty of peace, which I wish to exhibit to you with the answer.In the mean time, as to that part of your lett
- 140 Sir, I have duly considered the letter you were pleased to refer to me, of the 18th of August, from his Excellency Governor Pinckney to yourself, together with the draught of one proposed to be written by him to the Governor of Florida, claiming the re-de
- 139 I was in the moment of my departure from Philadelphia, for Virginia, when I received your favor, inquiring how far the law of nations is to govern in proceedings respecting foreign consuls.The law of nations does not of itself extend to consuls at all. Th
- 138 TO WILLIAM SHORT.Philadelphia, August 29, 1791.Dear Sir, I am to acknowledge the receipt of your No. 67, June the 6th, No. 68, June the 10th, No. 69, June the 22nd, No. 70, June the 26th, No. 71, June the 29th; the three last by the British packet. My las
- 137 Whenever jealousies are expressed as to any supposed views of ours, on the dominion of the West Indies, you cannot go farther than the truth, in a.s.serting we have none. If there be one principle more deeply rooted than any other in the mind of every Ame
- 136 TO WILLIAM CARMICHAEL.Philadelphia, May 16, 1791.Sir, Mr. Swanwick informs me, that the house of Morris, Willing, and Swanwick have suffered a very considerable loss in the port of St. Andero, by an abuse of office, in having a cargo of corn thrown overbo
- 135 I have the honor to be, with great esteem, Sir, your most obedient, humble servant, Th: Jefferson.LETTER LXIII.--TO THOMAS BARCLAY, May 13,1791 TO THOMAS BARCLAY.Philadelphia, May 13,1791.Sir, You are appointed by the President of the United States, to go
- 134 I have the honor to be, with great and sincere esteem, Dear Sir, your most obedient, humble servant, Th: Jefferson.LETTER LIX.--TO WILLIAM CARMICHAEL, April 11,1791 TO WILLIAM CARMICHAEL.Philadelphia, April 11,1791.Sir, I wrote you on the 12th of March, a
- 133 The third and fourth articles subject the vessels of each nation to pay in the ports of the other, only such duties as are paid by the most favored nation; and give them reciprocally, all the privileges and exemptions in navigation and commerce, which are
- 132 LETTER LIII.--TO WILLIAM SHORT, March 12,1791 TO WILLIAM SHORT.Philadelphia, March 12,1791.Dear Sir, The enclosed papers will explain to you a case which imminently endangers the peace of the United States with Spain. It is not indeed of recent date, but
- 131 Th: Jefferson.LETTER XLIX.--TO M. DE PINTO, February 21,1791 TO M. DE PINTO.Philadelphia, February 21,1791.Sir, I have duly received the letter of November the 30th, which your Excellency did me the honor to write, informing me that her Most Faithful Maje
- 130 Th: Jefferson.LETTER XLIV.--TO WILLIAM SHORT, August 31,1790 TO WILLIAM SHORT.New York, August 31,1790.Dear Sir, Since writing my letter of the 26th, it has been decided to commit to your care the transaction of very important money matters at Amsterdam.I
- 129 LETTER XL.--TO SYLVa.n.u.s BOURNE, August 25, 1790 TO SYLVa.n.u.s BOURNE, _Consul at Hispaniola_.New York, August 25, 1790.Sir, I enclose you herein sundry papers containing a representation from Messrs. Updike and Earle of Providence, who complain that t
- 128 LETTER x.x.xVI.--TO WILLIAM SHORT, August 10,1790 TO WILLIAM SHORT.New York, August 10,1790.Dear Sir, This letter, with the very confidential papers it encloses, will be delivered to you by Mr. Barrett with his own hands. If there be no war between Spain
- 127 LETTER x.x.xII--TO WILLIAM SHORT, July 26, 1790 TO WILLIAM SHORT.New York, July 26, 1790.Dear Sir, My public letters to you have been of the 28th of March, the 6th and 30th of April. Yours, which remain to be acknowledged, are of March the 9th, 17th, 29th
- 126 I beg you to present my friendly respects to Madame Grand, the elder and younger, and to your son, and believe me to be, with sentiments of great esteem and attachment, Dear Sir, your most obedient and most humble servant, Th: Jefferson.LETTER XXVIII.--TO
- 125 Sir, The President of the United States having been pleased, in the month of June last, to give me leave of absence for some time from the court of France, and to appoint Mr. William Short _charge des affaires_ for the United States during my absence, and
- 124 LETTER XVIII.--TO THE PRESIDENT, December 15,1789 TO THE PRESIDENT.Chesterfield, December 15,1789.Sir, I have received at this place the honor of your letters of October the 13th and November the 30th, and am truly flattered by your nomination of me to th
- 123 TO JOHN JAY.Paris, September 19, 1789.Sir, I had the honor of addressing you on the 30th of the last month.Since that, I have taken the liberty of consigning to you a box of officers' muskets, containing half a dozen, made by the person and on the plan w
- 122 The question, whether one generation of men has a right to bind another, seems never to have been started either on this, or our side of the water. Yet it is a question of such consequences as not only to merit decision, but place also among the fundament
- 121 Sir, I have the pleasure to inform you, that money is now deposited in the hands of Messrs. Grand and company, for paying the arrears of interest due to the foreign officers who served in the American army. I will beg the favor of you to notify thereof as
- 120 Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson.by Thomas Jefferson.VOLUME III.LETTER I.--TO JOHN JAY, July 19, 1789 TO JOHN JAY.Paris, July 19, 1789.Dear Sir, I am become very uneasy, lest you should have adopted some channe
- 119 Th: Jefferson.LETTER CCXV.--TO THE MARQUIS DE LA FAYETTE, July 10, 1789 TO THE MARQUIS DE LA FAYETTE.Paris, July 10, 1789.Dear Sir, The acknowledgment by Monsieur de Mirabeau to the National a.s.sembly, that he had been in an error as to the offer he supp
- 118 My letter of the 25th gave you the transactions of the States General to the afternoon of that day. On the next, the Archbishop of Paris joined the _Tiers_, as did some others of the Clergy and _n.o.blesse_. On the 27th, the question of the St. Domingo de
- 117 Th: Jefferson.P. S. June 18. The motion under debate with the Commons, for const.i.tuting their a.s.sembly, pa.s.sed yesterday by a majority of four hundred and odd, against eighty odd. The latter were for it in substance, but wished some particular amend
- 116 May the 21st. I have this moment received a letter from Ledyard, dated Cairo, November the 15th. He therein says, 'I am doing up my baggage, and most curious baggage it is, and I leave Cairo in two or three days.I travel from hence southwest, about three
- 115 Ca.n.a.ls and locks may be necessary, and they are expensive; but I hardly know what expense would be too great for the object in question.Probably, negotiation with the Indians, perhaps even settlement, must precede the execution of the Cayahoga ca.n.a.l
- 114 In our first Confederation, the principle of rotation was established in the office of President of Congress, who could serve but one year in three, and in that of a member of Congress, who could serve but three years in six.I believe all the countries in
- 113 LETTER, CXCII.--TO THOMAS PAINE, March 17,1789 TO THOMAS PAINE.Paris, March 17,1789.Dear Sir, My last letter to you extended from December the 23rd to January the 11th. A confidential opportunity now arising, I can acknowledge the receipt of yours of Janu
- 112 Th: Jefferson.LETTER CLx.x.xVIII.--TO JOHN JAY, March 12, 1789 TO JOHN JAY.Sir, Paris, March 12, 1789.I had the honor of addressing you, on the 1st instant, through the post.I write the present, uncertain whether Mr. Nesbitt, the bearer of your last, will
- 111 Th: Jefferson.LETTER CLx.x.xIII.--TO WILLIAM SHORT, February 9,1789 TO WILLIAM SHORT.Paris, February 9,1789.Dear Sir, I wrote you last on the 22nd of January, on which day I received yours of December the 31st, and since that, the other of January the 14t
- 110 Paris, January 12, 1789.Dear Sir, My last to you was of the 18th of November; since which, I have received yours of the 21st of September, and October the 8th, with the pamphlet on the Mohicon language, for which, receive my thanks. I endeavor to collect
- 109 TO MR. SHORT.Paris, December 8, 1788.Dear Sir, My last to you was of the 21st of November, addressed to Milan, _poste restante_, according to the desire expressed through Mrs. Paradise.I have lately received yours of the 19th of November, and sincerely fe
- 108 Both governments have seen with concern, that their commercial intercourse does not grow as rapidly as they would wish. The system of the United States is, to use neither prohibitions nor premiums.Commerce, there, regulates itself freely, and asks nothing
- 107 Mr. Liniozin, at Havre, sent you, by mistake, a package belonging to somebody else. I do not know what it contained, but he has written to you on the subject, and prayed me to do the same, he is likely to suffer if it be not returned.Supposing that the fu
- 106 It is now proper I should give some account of the state of our dispute with Schweighaeuser and Dobree. In the conversation I had with Dobree, at Nantes, he appeared to think so rationally on this subject, that I thought there would be no difficulty in ac
- 105 The a.s.sembly of Virginia, hurried to their harvests, would not enter into a discussion of the district bill, but suspended it to the next session. E. Winston is appointed a judge, vice Gabriel Jones, resigned.R. Goode and Andrew Moore, Counsellors, vice
- 104 TO THE COMMISSIONERS OF THE TREASURY.Paris, September 6, 1788.Gentlemen, Your favor of July the 3rd came to hand some days ago, and that of July the 22nd in the afternoon of yesterday. Knowing that a Mr. Vannet was to leave Paris this morning to go to Vir
- 103 With respect to the internal affairs of this country, I hope they will be finally well arranged, and without having cost a drop of blood.Looking on as a by-stander, no otherwise interested, than as entertaining a sincere love for the nation in general, an
- 102 TO COLONEL MONROE.Paris, August 9, 1788.Dear Sir, Since my last to you, I have to thank your for your favors of July the 27th, 1787, and April the 10th, 1788, and the details they contained; and in return, will give you now the leading circ.u.mstances of
- 101 Th: Jefferson.LETTER CXLVII.--TO MR. BELLINI, July 25,1788 TO MR. BELLINI.Paris, July 25,1788.Dear Sir, Though I have written to you seldom, you are often the object of my thoughts, and always of my affection. The truth is, that the circ.u.mstances with w
- 100 A dispute arising between two subjects of France, the one being in France and the other in the United States, the regular tribunals of France would seem ent.i.tled to a preference of jurisdiction. Yet the twelfth article gives it to their consul in Americ
- 99 Th: Jefferson.LETTER CXL.*--TO JAMES MADISON, May 28, 1788 TO JAMES MADISON.Paris, May 28, 1788.Dear Sir, The enclosed letter for Mr. Jay, being of a private nature. I have thought it better to put it under your cover, lest it might be opened by some of h
- 98 Sir, When I wrote my letter of the 4th instant, I had no reason to doubt that a packet would have sailed on the 10th, according to the established order. The pa.s.sengers had all, except one, gone down to Havre in this expectation. However, none has saile
- 97 The war between the Russians and Turks has made an opening for our Commodore Paul Jones. The Empress has invited him into her service.She insures to him the rank of rear-admiral; will give him a separate command, and it is understood, that he is never to
- 96 LETTER CXXVIII.--TO JOHN ADAMS, March 2, 1788 TO JOHN ADAMS.Paris, March 2, 1788.--Sunday.Dear Sir, I received this day, a letter from Mrs. Adams, of the 26th ultimo, informing me you would set out on the 29th for the Hague. Our affairs at Amsterdam press
- 95 Dear Sir, I should have sooner answered your favor of January the 2nd, but that we have expected for some time, to see you here. I beg you not to think of the trifle I furnished you with, nor to propose to return it, till you shall have that sum more than
- 94 I have the honor to be, with much esteem, Sir, your most obedient, humble servant, Th: Jefferson.LETTER CXX.--TO JOHN JAY, December 31, 1787 TO JOHN JAY.Paris, December 31, 1787.Sir, Since the receipt of the letter of Monsieur de Calonne, of October the 2
- 93 LETTER CXVI.--TO JOHN ADAMS TO JOHN ADAMS.Paris, December 12, 1787.Dear Sir, In the month of July, I received from Fiseaux & Co. of Amsterdam, a letter notifying me that the princ.i.p.al of their loan to the United States would become due the first day of
- 92 LETTER CXII.--TO THE COUNT DE MONTMORIN, November 6, 1787 TO THE COUNT DE MONTMORIN.Sir, Paris, November 6, 1787.I take the liberty of asking your Excellency's perusal of the enclosed case of an American hostage, confined in the prisons of Dunkirk. His c
- 91 I take the liberty of troubling your Excellency on the subject of the _Arret_, which has lately appeared, for prohibiting the importation of whale-oils and spermaceti, the produce of foreign fisheries. This prohibition, being expressed in general terms, s
- 90 I am, Dear Sir, your affectionate friend and servant, Th: Jefferson.LETTER CIV.--TO JOHN JAY, October 8, 1787 TO JOHN JAY.(Private.) Paris, October 8, 1787.Dear Sir, The Count de Moustier, Minister Plenipotentiary from the court of Versailles to the Unite
- 89 I have the honor to be, with my best respects to Mrs. Adams, and sentiments of perfect esteem and regard to yourself, Sir, your most obedient and most humble servant, Th: Jefferson LETTER XCIX.--TO COLONEL SMITH, September 28,1787 TO COLONEL SMITH.Paris,
- 88 I answered you, accordingly, that there were none. But when I was at Nismes, I went to see the steam-mill there, and they showed it to me in all its parts. I saw that their steam raised water, and that this water turned a wheel. I expressed my doubts of t
- 87 LETTER XC.--TO JOHN ADAMS, August 30, 1787 TO JOHN ADAMS.Paris, August 30, 1787.Dear Sir, Since your favor of July the 10th, mine have been of July the 17th, 23rd, and 28th. The last enclosed a bill of exchange from Mr. Grand, on Tessier, for 46. 17s. 10d
- 86 LETTER Lx.x.xVI.--TO JOSEPH JONES, August 14, 1787 TO JOSEPH JONES.Paris, August 14, 1787.Dear Sir, I have never yet thanked you, but with the heart, for the act of a.s.sembly confirming the agreement with Maryland, the pamphlet, and papers, I received fr
- 85 LETTER Lx.x.xII.--TO JOHN CHURCHMAN, August 8, 1787 TO JOHN CHURCHMAN.Paris, August 8, 1787.Sir, I have duly received your favor of June the 6th, and immediately communicated its contents to a member of the Academy. He told me that they had received the o
- 84 Th: Jefferson, LETTER LXXVIII.--TO DR. CURRIE, August 4, 1787 TO DR. CURRIE.Paris, August 4, 1787.Dear Sir, I am favored with your letter of May the 2nd, and most cordially sympathize in your late immense losses. It is a situation in which a man needs the
- 83 The almond tree is also so precarious, that none can depend for subsistence on its produce, but persons of capital.The caper, though a more tender plant, is more certain in its produce, because a mound of earth of the size of a cuc.u.mber hill, thrown ove
- 82 LETTER LXX.--TO THE COUNT DE MONTMORIN, July 23, 1787 TO THE COUNT DE MONTMORIN.Paris, July 23, 1787.Sir, I had the honor, a few days ago, of putting into the hands of your Excellency, some observations on the other articles of American produce, brought i
- 81 Paris, July 2, 1787.I am sorry, my Dear Sir, that your interest should be affected by the ill behavior of Barrois. But when you consider the facts, you will be sensible that I could not have indulged his indolence further, without increasing the injury to
- 80 Mr. Barclay has probably informed you of his having been arrested in Bordeaux, for a debt contracted in the way of his commerce. He immediately applied to the parliament of that place, who ordered his discharge. This took place after five days' actual im
- 79 Dear Sir, Having got back to Paris three days ago, I resume immediately the correspondence with which you have been pleased to honor me. I wish I could have begun it with more agreeable information than that furnished me by Mr. Grand, that the funds of th
- 78 _Avignon. Remoulins_. Some good plains, but generally hills, stony and poor. In olives, mulberries, vines, and corn. Where it is waste the growth is _chene-vert_, box, furze, thyme, and rosemary.May 10. _Lismes. Lunel_. Hills on the right, plains on the l
- 77 There are no tides in the Mediterranean. It is observed to me, that the olive tree grows nowhere more than thirty leagues distant from that sea.I suppose, however, that both Spain and Portugal furnish proofs to the contrary, and doubt its truth as to Asia
- 76 CHAMPAGNE. March 3. _Sens_ to _Vermanton_. The face of the country is in large hills, not too steep for the plough, somewhat resembling the Elk hill and Beaver-dam hills of Virginia. The soil is generally a rich mulatto loam, with a mixture of coa.r.s.e s
- 75 LETTER LV.--TO WILLIAM SHORT, April 12, 1787 TO WILLIAM SHORT.Nice, April 12, 1787, Dear Sir, At Ma.r.s.eilles, they told me I should encounter the rice fields of Piedmont soon after crossing the Alps. Here they tell me there are none nearer than Vercelli
- 74 Mr. Morris, during his office, being authorized to have the medals and swords executed, which had been ordered by Congress, he authorized Colonel Humphreys to take measures here for the execution. Colonel Humphreys did so; and the swords were finished in
- 73 A treaty of commerce is certainly concluded between France and Russia.The particulars of it are yet secret.I enclose the gazettes of France and Leyden to this date, and have the honor of a.s.suring you of those sentiments of perfect esteem and respect, wi
- 72 LETTER XLIII.--TO COLONEL EDWARD CARRINGTON, January 16, 1787 TO COLONEL EDWARD CARRINGTON.Paris, January 16, 1787.Dear Sir, Uncertain whether you might be at New York at the moment of Colonel Franks' arrival, I have enclosed my private letters for Virgi
- 71 My last, of December the 31st, acknowledged the receipt of yours of October the 12th, as the present does those of October the 3rd, 9th, and 27th, together with the resolution of Congress of October the 16th, on the claim of Schweighaeuser. I will proceed
- 70 My Notes on Virginia, having been hastily written, need abundance of corrections. Two or three of these are so material, that I am reprinting a few leaves to subst.i.tute for the old. As soon as these shall be ready, I will beg your acceptance of a copy.
- 69 Being unwilling that Alexandria should lose its pretensions, I have undertaken to procure them information as to that place. If they undertake this trade at all, it will be on so great a scale as to decide the current of the Indian-trade to the place they
- 68 Advance, then, with caution, the balance in your hand. Put into one scale the pleasures which any object may offer; but put fairly into the other the pains which are to follow, and see which preponderates. The making an acquaintance is not a matter of ind
- 67 Paris, August 11, 1786.Dear Sir, I wrote you last on the 9th of July; and since that, have received yours of the 16th of June, with the interesting intelligence it contained.I was entirely in the dark as to the progress of that negotiation, and concur ent
- 66 The King's visit to Cherbourg has made a great sensation in England and here. It proves to the world, that it is a serious object to this country, and that the King commits himself for the accomplishment of it. Indeed, so many cones have been sunk, that
- 65 I had a good deal of conversation with him, also, on the situation of affairs between England and the United States: and particularly, on their refusal to deliver up our posts. I observed to him, that the obstructions thrown in the way of the recovery of
- 64 LETTER XIV.--TO T. PLEASANTS, May 8,1786 TO T. PLEASANTS.Paris, May 8,1786.Dear Sir, At the time of the receipt of your favor of October the 24th, the contract between the Farmers General and Mr. Morris, for tobacco, was concluded, and in a course of exec
- 63 LETTER IX.--TO MR. DUMAS, May 6, 1789 TO MR. DUMAS.Paris, May 6, 1789.Sir, Having been absent in England, for some time past, your favors of February the 27th, March the 28th, and April the 11th, have not been acknowledged so soon as they should have been
- 62 Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson.by Thomas Jefferson.VOLUME TWO LETTER I.--TO RICHARD HENRY LEE, April 22, 1786 TO RICHARD HENRY LEE.London, April 22, 1786.Dear Sir, In your letter of October the 29th, you desi
- 61 Mrs. Blackburn (for Prince William), seven thousand five hundred and six dollars, paper money. Mrs. Randolph, the younger, of Chatsworth, eight hundred dollars. Mrs. Fitzhugh and others, 558. [NOTE E.]--FROM LORD CORNWALLIS Lord Cornwalliss Letter to Lieu
- 60 Kaskaskias, Illinois, April 29,1779.Dear Sir, A few days ago, I received certain intelligence of William Morris, my express to you, being killed near the falls of Ohio, news truly disagreeable to me, as I fear many of my letters will fall into the hands o
- 59 Sir, Circ.u.mstances of public duty calling me suddenly to London, I take the liberty of mentioning it to your Excellency, and of asking a few minutes' audience of you, at as early a day and hour as will be convenient to you, and that you will be so good
- 58 Dear Sir, I am honored with yours of January the 19th. Mine of January the 12th, had not, I suppose, at that time got to your hands, as the receipt of it is unacknowledged. I shall be anxious till I receive your answer to it.I was perfectly satisfied befo
- 57 Th: Jefferson.LETTER CLIII.--TO A. STEWART, January 25, 1786 TO A. STEWART.Paris, January 25, 1786.Dear Sir, I have received your favor of the 17th of October, which, though you mention it as the third you have written me, is the first that has come to ha
- 56 Every one is sensible how this is to be ultimately settled. Neither the British creditor, nor the State, will be permitted to lose by these payments. The debtor will be credited for what he paid, according to what it was really worth at the time he paid i
- 55 The first Congress which met being composed mostly of persons who had been members of the legislatures of their respective States, it was natural for them to adopt those rules in their proceedings, to which they had been accustomed in their legislative ho
- 54 All is quiet here. There are indeed two specks in the horizon: the exchange of Bavaria, and the demarcation between the Emperor and Turks.We may add as a third, the interference by the King of Prussia in the domestic disputes of the Dutch. Great Britain,
- 53 In the course of this conversation, he had mentioned the liberty we enjoyed of carrying our fish to the French islands. I repeated to him what I had hinted in my letter of November the 20th, 1785, that I considered as a prohibition, the laying such duties
- 52 and most humble servant, Th: Jefferson.LETTER CXLIV.--TO THE GEORGIA DELEGATES IN CONGRESS, Dec. 22, 1785 TO THE GEORGIA DELEGATES IN CONGRESS.Paris, December 22, 1785.Gentlemen, By my despatch to Mr. Jay which accompanies this, you will perceive that the
- 51 TO COLONEL HUMPHREYS.Paris, December 4,1785.Dear Sir, I enclose you a letter from Gatteaux, observing that there will be an anachronism, if, in making a medal to commemorate the victory of Saratoga, he puts on General Gates the insignia of the Cincinnati,