11To Thomas Jefferson from C. W. F. Dumas, 14 August 1788 (Jefferson Papers)
The Hague, 14 Aug. 1788. Hoping that TJ receives Gazette de Leide as ordered, he only encloses a letter to Congress and transmits following from friends in Amsterdam, who have it from Daniel Parker, dated the 8th: “This moment I have received advice, that the State of Virginia adopted the new Constitution on the 25th June. This comes by a Ship arrived this Day, and may be depended on.”—“Ce...
12To Thomas Jefferson from C. W. F. Dumas, 22 July 1789 (Jefferson Papers)
The Hague, 22 July 1789 . Yesterday, after departure of post, he received from Amsterdam from an unknown source and without notice two packets addressed to TJ “to the Care of Charles W. F. Dumas, Esquire, at the Hague.” From handwriting and seals he judged that the packets came from secretary for foreign affairs in Congress and that it was brought to Amsterdam by a vessel recently arrived from...
13To Thomas Jefferson from C. W. F. Dumas, 25 April 1792 (Jefferson Papers)
The Hague, 25 Apr. 1792 . Since his last of 21 Feb. his health and Europe’s have been poor.—He learned more than a month ago of Short’s appointment as minister but has heard nothing from Short himself.—His enemies and those of the U.S. have struck a deadly blow by offering one of his sons-in-law a court appointment on condition that he cease to communicate with Dumas. The young man’s...
14To Thomas Jefferson from C. W. F. Dumas, 4 October 1785 (Jefferson Papers)
En confirmant à Votre Excellence ma Lettre du 28 7bre. que Messrs. Nic. & Jb. van Staphorst vous auront acheminée, et sur laquelle j’espere que Votre Excellence voudra bien me faire prompte et favorable réponse, celle-ci est pour prendre la Liberté de vous adresser, Monsieur, l’incluse pour notre Ami le Colonel Senf, avec prière de vouloir bien la lui remettre. Elle en contient une pour S. E....
15To Thomas Jefferson from C. W. F. Dumas, 25 May 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
The Hague, 25 May 1793 . We receive neither letters nor papers from France and hear from there and elsewhere only what they wish us to know or delude us about. In Germany, as in Poland, the big despots are overwhelming the little ones and seizing peoples like flocks of sheep. All around him, commerce overthrown, treasury exhausted, imminent vexations to refill it, hypocrisy on the throne and...
16To Thomas Jefferson from C. W. F. Dumas, 24 July 1789 (Jefferson Papers)
The Hague, 24 July 1789 . After writing the enclosed letter of 22 July, he learned that TJ was still in Paris. Fearing reproach for delaying TJ’s dispatches, he forwards them at once, today. They probably are of consequence to TJ and awaited eagerly. Asks that TJ inform him of their arrival. RC ( DLC ); 1 p.; in French. FC (Rijksarchief, The Hague, Dumas Letter Book; photostat in DLC )....
17To Thomas Jefferson from C. W. F. Dumas, 13 February 1787 (Jefferson Papers)
The Hague, 13 Feb. 1787 . He will write on other subjects by the next regular mail; the present only serves to cover the enclosed. RC ( DLC ); 1 p.; in French. Recorded in SJL as received 18 Feb. 1787. Enclosure (Dumas Letter Book, Rijksarchief, The Hague; photostats in DLC ): Dumas to Jay, 13 Feb. 1787, reporting on political affairs in The Netherlands and advising that he had drawn on...
18To Thomas Jefferson from C. W. F. Dumas, 21 February 1792 (Jefferson Papers)
The Hague, 21 Feb. 1792 . Illness compels him to be brief. The enclosed papers and those sent by way of England will inform TJ of the chaotic state of Europe, especially in France.—A new tax on butchers will go into effect on 1 May.—The high cost of maintaining the U.S. embassy here makes it imperative that it be sold as soon as possible in concert with your bankers in Amsterdam. Thus far he...
19To Thomas Jefferson from C. W. F. Dumas, 28 August 1788 (Jefferson Papers)
J’ai appris avec grand plaisir, que la Gazette de Leide a été rétablie en France. Ayez la bonté, Monsieur, de m’apprendre, si Votre Excellence et Mr. Diodati avez recommencé à recevoir vos Exemplaires du Bureau et de la maniere ordinaire, afin que je puisse mander à Mr. Luzac de discontinuer l’expédition qu’il vous en fait par la poste, et lui offrir en même temps le paiement de ce qu’il en a...
20To Thomas Jefferson from C. W. F. Dumas, 6 December 1790 (Jefferson Papers)
Je commence cette Dépeche par la chûte, aujourd’hui avérée, des plats tyrans Van der Noot, Van Eupen, &c. Si leur regne ephémere ne s’est pas étendu jusqu’ici, ce n’est ni leur faute, ni celle de certains personnages qui n’osent plus les patroniser trop ouvertement, sans laisser néanmoins de nourrir encore quelque apparence de leur inclination pour eux. On cache mal le dépit qu’on a, de ce que...