To Thomas Jefferson from Jan H. C. Heineken, 10 November 1791
From Jan H. C. Heineken
Philadelphia, 10 Nov. 1791. Having asked Frederick A. Muhlenberg to introduce to TJ “Mr. Halbach of Remschua,” who has come to America to see if his house’s “very extensive manufactory of Ironmongery, arms &c.” can supply the American market, he gives assurances that his sole view in this is to encourage intercourse between the United Netherlands and the United States.
RC (DNA: RG 59, MLR); 2 p.; at foot of text: “The Honorable Th: Jefferson Esqr Philada”; with penciled note by TJ below signature: “Jan Hendrick Christian Hancken qu?”; endorsed by TJ as received 10 Nov. 1791 and so recorded in SJL as a letter from “Jan—the rest indecypherable.”