1To Thomas Jefferson from George Hammond, 29 December 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
I have had the honor of receiving your letter of the 26th curt., communicating to me the President’s refusal to give any order for ascertaining the degree of Injury, sustained by the Sloop Hope of Antigua, in consequence of her capture by the privateer le Citoyen Genet. Having never entertained a doubt that this particular vessel, from the circumstances under which she was taken, would have...