1To Thomas Jefferson from Ferdinand Grand, 23 September 1785 (Jefferson Papers)
Paris, 23 Sep. 1785 . Thanks TJ for communicating the contents of Adams’ letter on the payment of interest on the Dutch loan. Grand forwarded to Messrs. Willink & van Staphorst a letter from the Commissioners of the Treasury and asked them to notify him if it contained “an order to remit me against the Payment to be made in 9bre. to the Treasury … as I had been several times apply’d to, on...
2To John Adams from Ferdinand Grand, 17 February 1779 (Adams Papers)
Mr. Grand has the honour of paying his respects to the Honorable Mr. Adams and begs leave to observe to him that the général Account he requires Since his arrival untill Mr. Franklin’s new Commission would not agree with all those he has furnishd in that Interval and which being a Series of Accounts united together would be in Contradiction with that required. It is not possible to dissect in...
3To Thomas Jefferson from Ferdinand Grand, 23 August [1786] (Jefferson Papers)
M. Grand presents his Respects to M. Jefferson and has the honour to acquaint him that his Letters for Madrid reached him only when the post for Spain was already gone. The friend at Madrid to whom he used to forward Mr. Jefferson’s Letters desired himself to be excused from lending his Cover to any more Such letters and warned at Same time, M. Grand that this caution availed nothing to...
4To Thomas Jefferson from Ferdinand Grand, 9 August 1787 (Jefferson Papers)
Paris, 9 Aug. 1787 . William Frederick Ast, ignorant of the present status of the account of the United States, has presented two drafts on TJ, one for 495.₶ 17 for Barclay and another for 1,800₶ for himself. Grand asks TJ to write to Ast on this subject; he will refer to such a letter in his own to Ast. RC ( DLC ); 2 p.; in French, in a clerk’s hand, signed by Grand; endorsed. Not recorded in...
5To Thomas Jefferson from Ferdinand Grand, 23 May 1787 (Jefferson Papers)
Je prens la liberté de vous confirmer la lettre que j’ai eu l’honneur de vous ecrire le 19 de ce mois; qui avoit pour un principal objet la traitte de Mr. Barclay pour les Etats de Virginie de £20150. Et comme en ré flechissant sur cette affaire, il seroit possible que vous eussié s pu avoir l’idé e de faire porter cette somme au compte des Etats unis; ce qui n’est pourtant pas très probable,...
6To Thomas Jefferson from Ferdinand Grand, [ca. 30 March 1787] (Jefferson Papers)
J’ai à répondre aux lettres que vous m’avéz fait l’honneur de m’écrire le 28 du passé et le 15 du courant . J’ai pris notte des dispositions dont vous me chargez par la premiere, en conséquence de laquelle j’ai deja accepté la traitte de £5500. que M. Carmichael a fait sur moi pour compte des Etats unis. J’ai remboursé Messrs. Finguerlin et Scherer des £1500. que vous en avez recues. Je n’ai...
7[To Thomas Jefferson from Ferdinand Grand, 20 December 1787] (Jefferson Papers)
[ Paris, 20 Dec. 1787. Recorded in SJL as received 20 Dec. 1787. Not found.]
8To John Adams from Ferdinand Grand, 3 May 1779 (Adams Papers)
Permitt me to express how sorry I have been at not being able to comply sooner with your desires, relative to the Account of the United States, till the 11th of February, at which time the Intention of Congress was Known; Some of the Articles that were Kept in suspençe were the Obstacles that prevented it. I am however happy to find that the present Letter with the inclosed Account to that...
9To Thomas Jefferson from Ferdinand Grand, 12 July 1786 (Jefferson Papers)
I have the honour to inform you that in consequence of your desire, Commodore Paul Jones has paid me, one hundred twelve thousand, one hundred Seventy two Livers, two Sols, four deniers, where with I Shall follow your order. I Specifyed the above Sum on the back of the bill drawn by the Treasury, mentioning it to be the ballance of the Sum mentioned there in, according to Commodore Jones’s...
10To Thomas Jefferson from Ferdinand Grand, 10 October [1785] (Jefferson Papers)
10 Oct. [ 1785 ]. Encloses a letter received this date from Amsterdam, “d’après laquelle il ne paroit pas qu’il y ait des ordres des Commissaires.” RC ( DLC ); 2 p.; in French; addressed to TJ in Paris at the “Cul de Sac Thaitbout”; endorsed. Enclosure ( DLC ): Copy of Willem & Jan Willink and Nicolas & Jacob van Staphorst to Grand, 6 Oct. 1785, informing him that they have not yet received...