1To Thomas Jefferson from Thomas Newton, Jr., 24 August 1791 (Jefferson Papers)
Norfolk, 24 Aug. 1791 . The justices there desire to know how to “proceed when call’d on by the British Consul for Warrants to Apprehend Sea Men who quit their Ships, and whether they have power to Commit them to Gaol or send them on board their Ships.” Some think they have no power to do it, others that it should be done. This day a Capt. Stuport brought in a seaman who had not signed...
2To Thomas Jefferson from Thomas Newton, Jr., 4 May 1792 (Jefferson Papers)
This will be handed to you by Mr. Jas. Taylor a Nephew of Doctor Taylors and Mine and Grandson to Mrs. Tucker. I beg leave to introduce him to you and hope you will excuse the Liberty I have taken; with an assurance that if any of your friends shou’d travel this way, that I will with the greatest attention render their time agreeable. I am respectfully Yr. Obt. Servt., RC ( MHi ); endorsed by...