1To Thomas Jefferson from Burrill Carnes, 7 October 1790 (Jefferson Papers)
As my business in this City and in the State of Georgia render’d it Impossible for me to leave America immediately after you did me the honor to forward my Commission and Instructions, and as you have been pleas’d to indulge me with leave of Absence till early next Spring, I have now the Honour to Inform you that I have appointed Mr. Leroux fils to discharge the duties of my Office at Nantz...