1Enclosure: Jacob Vernes to Brailsford & Morris, 4 November 1789 (Jefferson Papers)
...tobacco and the fisheries. Such a move, indeed, was a logical extension of the commercial and political strategy that lay at the heart of this aspect of TJ’s diplomacy: that of strengthening the trade links between the United States and France, of supporting a political ally, and of delivering a simultaneous blow at the trade—and particularly the maritime power—of England.