131Cabinet Opinions on the Debt to France, 25 February 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
Feb. 25. 1793. The President desires the opinions of the heads of the three departments and of the Attorney General on the following question, to wit. Mr. Ternant having applied for money equivalent to three millions of livres to be furnished on account of our debt to France at the request of the Executive of that country, which sum is to be laid out in provisions within the US. to be sent to...
132I. The Secretary of State to the President, 9 December 1790 (Jefferson Papers)
I have now the honour to return you the letter from the President of the Assembly of representatives for the community of Paris to the President and members of Congress, which you had recieved from the President of the Senate with the opinion of that house that it should be opened by you, and their request that you would communicate to Congress such parts of it as in your opinion might be...
133To George Washington from Thomas Jefferson, 2 November 1792 (Washington Papers)
The letter of October 29th from messieurs Viar & Jaudenes, not expressing the principle on which their government interests itself between the United States and the Creeks, I thought it of importance to have it ascertained. I therefore, called on those Gentlemen, and entered into explanations with them. They assured me, in our conversation, that, supposing all question of boundary to be out of...
134From Thomas Jefferson to George Washington, 15 September 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
I have duly received your two favors from Chester and Elkton, and have now the honor to inclose you an address from the town and vicinity of Petersburg, which in a letter from Mr. Peachey I was desired to deliver you. I also inclose you a letter from Mr. Genet on the subject of Galbaud, and his conspiracies, with my answer sent to him. My hurry of business has prevented my translating the...
135From Thomas Jefferson to George Washington, 19 July 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
Th: Jefferson with his respects to the President has the honor to inform him that Judges Jay and Wilson called on him just now and asked whether the letter of yesterday pressed for an answer. They were told the cases would await their time, and were asked when they thought an answer might be expected: they said they supposed in a day or two. RC ( DNA : RG 59, MLR ); addressed: “The President...
136To George Washington from Thomas Jefferson, 27 May 1793 (Washington Papers)
Th: Jefferson has the honor to inclose to the President, (among other papers,) those relating to a commercial treaty with France, and to the reimbursement of the French debt, being translations of the communications of mister Genet on those subjects. AL , DNA : RG 59, Miscellaneous Letters. On 24 May, Jefferson had submitted to GW Edmond Genet’s third letter to him of 22 May ( JPP, Dorothy...
137To George Washington from Thomas Jefferson, 28 December 1790 (Washington Papers)
The Secretary of State has the honor of presenting to the President a copy of the Report he read to him on the Mediterranean trade, the original of which he has made up for the Speaker of the house of representatives. AL , DNA : RG 59, Miscellaneous Letters. The enclosure was a copy of Jefferson’s report on American trade in the Mediterranean, which he had prepared in response to a request...
138To George Washington from Thomas Jefferson, 9 September 1793 (Washington Papers)
Th: Jefferson with his respects to the President has the honor to inclose him draughts of letters to mister Genet & mister Hammond, as agreed on Saturday. if Genl Knox & the Attorney Genl should wait on the President to-day, it would be well they should see them. Th: J. will have that honour before he leaves town. AL , DNA : RG 59, Miscellaneous Letters; LB , DNA : RG 59, George Washington’s...
139To George Washington from Thomas Jefferson, 18 September 1792 (Washington Papers)
Your express is this moment arrived with the Proclamation on the proceedings against the laws for raising a revenue on distilled spirits, and I return it herein inclosed with my signature. I think if instead of the words ‘to render laws dictated by weighty reasons of public exigency & policy as acceptable as possible’ it stood ‘to render the laws as acceptable as possible’ it would be better....
140XIII. Thomas Jefferson to George Washington, 10 April 1791 (Jefferson Papers)
I had the honor of addressing you on the 2d. inst. which I presume would overtake you at Richmond. The present I imagine will not overtake you till you get to Wilmington. Since my last I have been honoured with your two letters of March 31. and two others of Apr. 4. one of which was circular. A copy of this I sent to the Vice president, and as Colo. Hamilton has asked a consultation on a...