11From Thomas Jefferson to John Rutledge, Jr., 16 September 1788 (Jefferson Papers)
I received yesterday from your father two bills of exchange for your use, the one for 50. £. the other 100. £. sterling. They were drawn on Mannings & Vaughan of London, paiable at 60. days sight. As I shall be much absent from Paris for three months to come, and I knew that Boyd & Ker possessed your confidence and merited it, I carried the bills to them. They will negotiate them and receive...
12From Thomas Jefferson to John Rutledge, Jr., 12 August 1788 (Jefferson Papers)
Obliged to make one letter serve for yourself and Mr. Shippen I have the honour to acknolege the receipt of your favor of Aug. 1. and his of July 12. and 31. By news from Virginia of the 12th. of June when their convention had been 11. days in session there was no doubt but that she, soon after that date, would give the 9th. vote in favor of the new constitution. N. Hampshire acceded to it on...