1[To Thomas Jefferson from Henry Remsen, Jr., 12 December 1787] (Jefferson Papers)
[ 12 Dec. 1787 . Recorded in SJL Index. Not found.]
2To Thomas Jefferson from Henry Remsen, Jr., 20 February 1788 (Jefferson Papers)
Office for foreign affairs [ New York ], 20 Feb. 1788. Acknowledges, in Jay’s absence, TJ’s letters of 19 , 22 , and 24 Sep. , 8 and 27 Oct. , 3 and 7 Nov. 1787 , which “have been communicated to Congress, who have not until lately made a House.” Sends packets of newspapers, one from Charleston, which was sent to office for foreign affairs for transmittal. RC (
3To Thomas Jefferson from Henry Remsen, Jr., 6 September 1790 (Jefferson Papers)
The intelligence which I had the honor to communicate to you in my last Letter respecting a naval engagement between the Spanish and English fleets, began to circulate the moment the English packet arrived, and was believed to have been brought by her, and as it was a matter of great consequence, if true, I lost no time in informing you of it. It is since known that it came from Philadelphia,...
4To Thomas Jefferson from Henry Remsen, Jr., 9 September 1790 (Jefferson Papers)
I had the honor of receiving your Letter of the 7th. instant this day, and shall immediately purchase one of the inkpots and pens you desire I would of Berry & Rogers. The enclosed Letter from Mr. Dumas and the Gazettes I got from the Post Office. The packet that contained them was so large as to induce me to open it, and I found as I expected a large parcel of dutch Newspapers therein. These...
5To Thomas Jefferson from Henry Remsen, Jr., 25 September 1790 (Jefferson Papers)
The enclosed Letter was this day handed to me by Mr. Jay, and is in answer to one he wrote to Mr. G. Morris the 15th. of December last forwarding a Packet for Mr. Chiappe. The Packet contained a triplicate of the Presidents Letter to the Emperor of the 1st: of that Month. The Letters for you by the last french Packet I had the honor of forwarding a day or two ago, and at the same time put in...
6To Thomas Jefferson from Henry Remsen, Jr., 14 October 1790 (Jefferson Papers)
I had the honor of receiving your letter of the 1st. Inst. yesterday. The one enclosed for Mr. Short came too late for the french packet, which had sailed some days, but I shall send it under cover to Messrs. Willinks & Van Staphorsts, together with a parcel of Newspapers, by a vessel bound to Amsterdam which is advertised shortly to sail. The people in bargaining for your house, said that...
7To Thomas Jefferson from Henry Remsen, Jr., 16 June 1791 (Jefferson Papers)
Philadelphia, 16 June 1791. He did not receive TJ’s of 28th until 7th, hence did not send letters and packets to Bennington or Hartford as they could not have reached even latter place in time. All of the letters and Fenno’s papers he has put up in 7 packets and sent to New York, keeping back a book and a roll of some size. Among letters is one from Brown of Richmond opened at request of...
8To Thomas Jefferson from Henry Remsen, Jr., 9 September 1791 (Jefferson Papers)
The letters [an]d gazettes have been regularly forwarded agreeably to your directions. Among those now sent is a letter from Judge Chipman , which, from it’s being under a kind of flying seal and the information I received from the bearer of it, Mr. Tichenor an intimate friend of Mr. Chipman, I took the liberty of opening. You will be surprised to find, Sir, that the duplicate commission you...