1To Thomas Jefferson from Duler, 11 February 1787 (Jefferson Papers)
Rouen, 11 Feb. 1787 He is grateful to TJ, for “few of my Country men equal in rank and fortune to you, would have thought it worth their while even of answering my letter.” Since mid-January he has been employed by a mercantile establishment, with a salary of 4,000 livres a year. Asks if arrangement has been made for payment of interest on U.S. loan certificates; receipt of his share would...
2To Thomas Jefferson from Duler, 27 November 1786 (Jefferson Papers)
Reville, Normandy, 27 Nov. 1786. Has considered for two months the possibility of appealing for aid; was introduced to TJ, in Charlottesville, by John Walker about three years before; but, Congress having sent TJ to Europe shortly thereafter, was deprived of strengthening the acquaintance. Sailed from France in 1778 with a cargo for America; was cast away on the eastern shore of Virginia;...
3From Thomas Jefferson to Duler, 17 January 1787 (Jefferson Papers)
I have the honour of now returning to you the certificate of the Chevalier Danmours, in your favour. The testimony of that gentleman with whose worth I am well acquainted, would have satisfied me of yours, had any testimony been wanting. It adds another to the list of many worthy persons whom I am unable to assist; for I declare to you that I know no way on earth in which I can be useful to...
4To Thomas Jefferson from Duler, 8 January 1787 (Jefferson Papers)
Rouen, 8 Jan. 1787. TJ’s letter has emboldened him to state that he did not expect aid in securing a position in “any Bureau at Paris”; hopes he can secure a position in England or France “in some of the American affairs” or possibly “a place of Consul for the french nation in some of the American Ports”; sends testimonial as to character from D’Anmours of Baltimore, which, though in French,...
5From Thomas Jefferson to Duler, 8 December 1786 (Jefferson Papers)
The circumstance had escaped me of my having had the honor of being made known to you by Mr. Walker at Charlottesville. However I should not have been the less ready, had it been in my power, to have aided you in procuring emploiment in some bureau here. But a stranger as I am, unconnected and unacquainted, my sollicitations on your behalf would be as ineffectual as improper. I should have...