1From Thomas Jefferson to George Hammond and F. P. Van Berckel, 9 September 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your two Memorials of the 4th. and 6th. instant, which have been duly laid before the President of the United States. You cannot be uninformed of the circumstances which have occasioned the French Squadron now in New York to seek asylum in the ports of the United States. Driven from those where they were on duty by the superiority of the adverse...