1From Thomas Jefferson to James B. M. Adair, 1 September 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
I have been favored with your letter from New York, [and I] am very thankful for your care of the letters from Mr. Pinckney and particularly so also for your attention to the threshing machine, which, if it answers what I have heard of it will be a vast acquisition to the states of Virginia and North Carolina. If you should not be coming on yourself to Philadelphia in the course of the present...
2From Thomas Jefferson to J. P. P. Derieux, 1 September 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
Th: Jefferson with his compliments to Mr. Derieux sends him a letter from Mde. Bellanger. The duplicate (which came with it) shall come by next week’s post, as also he believes assuredly Mr. Vaughan’s account and balance, which he has promised for next post. PrC ( DLC ). Tr ( ViU : Edgehill-Randolph Papers); 19th-century copy. Enclosure not found.
3From Thomas Jefferson to James Madison, 1 September 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
My last was of the 25th. Since that I have received yours of the 20th. and Colo. M’s of the 21st. Nothing further has passed with Mr. Genet, but one of his Consuls has committed a pretty serious deed at Boston, by going with an armed force taken from a French frigate in the harbour, and rescuing a vessel out of the hands of the marshal who had arrested her by process from a court of justice....
4From Thomas Jefferson to Thomas Pinckney, 1 September 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
The inclosed affidavit will inform you of the capture of the ship Jay, an American vessel, laden with flour &c. alledged to be American property, bound to Havre de grace, taken by the armed brig Orestes and carried into Plymouth. Though nothing is yet known of the further proceedings against her, yet I have thought it well, not to lose time, to inclose you the affidavit, and to desire that if...
5From Thomas Jefferson to David Meade Randolph, 1 September 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
I should with great satisfaction have complied with the desire of Mr. Gregorie, patronised by yourself and Mr. Barksdale, by recommending him for the appointment of Consul at Dunkirk, but that it has been decided to have three consulships only on the Atlantic coast of France, to wit, at Bordeaux, Nantes and Havre. Under this arrangement Dunkirk is within the Consulate of Havre, and the...
6From Thomas Jefferson to Abraham Runnels, 1 September 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
I thought I had clearly and sufficiently answered your former application, by telling you personally, as I did also to Mr. Soderstrom, Consul, that, by the laws of this country, the Judiciary was the branch charged with the care of redressing wrongs of the nature that you complain of, our courts being open to nations at peace, tho’ they cannot interpose between those at war: and wherever the...
7From Thomas Jefferson to George Taylor, Jr., 1 September 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
Th: Jefferson will be obliged to Mr. Taylor to wait immediately on Mr. Hammond, Mr. Van Berkel, and Messrs. Viar and Jaudenes, and present them the inclosed letters . If the request of the charitable committee of Baltimore be admissible, Th:J. would be very glad to recieve any passports or letters they may be pleased to give, in time to send by tomorrow’s post. PrC ( DLC ). Tr ( ViU :...
8From Thomas Jefferson to Samuel Ward, 1 September 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
I duly received your favor of Aug. 30. on the capture of the ship Jay by the British armed brig the Orestes. The circumstances mentioned in the affidavit of the Captain were certainly such as would justify the carrying the vessel into port for examination. However we must hope that he would be able to establish the property both of the ship and cargo to be American, in which case it is...
9From Thomas Jefferson to Wilson, Potts & Easton, 1 September 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
The President having referred to me your petition on the capture of your vessel by the French privateer the Sans pareil, I consulted thereon with the Attorney general, well knowing that if the laws of the land give you any redress at all, it will be surer and quicker than any by negociation. The advice given you by Mr. Lee appears to be perfectly solid, and if you were in time in pursuing...
10Thomas Jefferson and Edmund Randolph to George Wythe, 1 September 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favor of Aug. 17. was received, and the address it covered was immediately delivered to the President. We are sincerely & affectionately Your’s PrC ( DLC ); entirely in TJ’s hand; at foot of text: “George Wythe, Chancr. of Virginia.” Tr ( ViU : Edgehill-Randolph Papers); 19th-century copy. Recorded in SJL as a letter from “Th:J. & E.R.”