1To Thomas Jefferson from Henry Cooper, 10 July 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
St. Croix, 10 July 1793 . He wrote to TJ on 1 May and received his 21 May circular, but will not be able to provide the information expected in his 26 Aug. 1790 request for a semiannual report on American trade with this island. Most American imports here are subject to a 10 percent duty without the privilege of exporting part of the value thereof in sugar. Few American products fall into the...
2To Thomas Jefferson from Henry Cooper, 12 November 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
St. Croix, 12 Nov. 1793 . He encloses an executed consular bond and refers TJ to John Wilcocks of Philadelphia, who is well acquainted with his sureties. He will shortly provide the promised estimate of this island’s trade with the United States and such observations as will be useful, and hopes TJ has avoided the “dreadful calamity” in Philadelphia. RC ( DNA : RG 59, CD ); 1 p.; at foot of...
3To Thomas Jefferson from Henry Cooper, 1 May 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
St. Croix, 1 May 1793 . He expresses thanks for the correspondence covering his consular commission for this island and promises at the earliest opportunity to attend to TJ’s general letter of instructions and communicate to him such information as may be required. RC ( DNA : RG 59, CD ); 1 p.; addressed: “Honble. Thomas Jefferson Esqr.”; endorsed by TJ as received 27 May 1793 and so recorded...