1IV. Thomas Jefferson to Gouverneur Morris, 16 August 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
...the jurisdiction which may be rightfully exercised in the territory it occupies. If it cedes any portion of that jurisdiction to Judges appointed by another Nation, the limits of their power must depend on the instrument of cession. The United States and France, have, by their Consular Convention, given mutually to their Consuls jurisdiction in certain cases specially enumerated. But that...
2From Thomas Jefferson to Gouverneur Morris, 30 December 1792 (Jefferson Papers)
...seems indisputable that TJ withheld this letter, his motives for doing so can only be conjectured. Three days earlier Washington had asked the Secretary of State to write to Morris urging closer ties between the United States and France. TJ noted that such a letter would provide an advantageous opportunity to instruct Morris to resume payments on the debt to France, but that the ability...