1To Thomas Jefferson from Delamotte, 12 December 1789 (Jefferson Papers)
I hope this will find you and the Ladies safe return’d home, the news of which will give me great pleasure. Mr. Cutting having left this place soon after your Excellency embark’d, he transfer’d to me the care of assisting American Captains in obtaining from the Farm, Salt to Ballast or fully load their Vessels, to be delivered in Honfleur; my house intending to dispatch Some Ships for America...
2To Thomas Jefferson from Delamotte, 9 February 1791 (Jefferson Papers)
Il y a longtems que Je n’ai eu l’honneur de vous écrire, faute de choses interessantes à vous Communiquer, Car depuis ma derniere nous n’avons pas eû un seul Navire Americain dans notre port, et l’assemblée Nationale ne s’est occupée de rien qui puisse interesser les Etats Unis. Si Elle l’eut fait, Je n’aurois pas manqué de vous écrire par la Voye d’Angleterre. Voici qu’Elle vient enfin de...
3To Thomas Jefferson from Delamotte, 25 March 1791 (Jefferson Papers)
Le Havre, 25 Mch. 1791. Encloses duplicate of his of the 9th ult. by Le Vendangeur , bound for Charleston, in which he erred in saying that several of TJ’s cases remained there. He was thinking of some “Caisses de Marbres” sent last summer shortly after the main shipment. There remain here only “une voiture à quatre Rouës; un Cabriolet, quatre paniers vin de Champagne; une Caisse emballée...
4To Thomas Jefferson from Delamotte, 24 April 1791 (Jefferson Papers)
Le Havre, 24 Apr. 1791 . He is now grateful to captain of Le Vendangeur for asking such high freight for TJ’s carriages that he did not let him have them. The papers today announce her loss at sea, though the crew were saved. He hopes Henrietta will be more fortunate.—The present goes by Pennsylvania , Captain Harding, departing tomorrow. Twelve days ago he informed Short of her departure, but...
5To Thomas Jefferson from Delamotte, 25 July 1791 (Jefferson Papers)
Le Havre, 25 July 1791 . Acknowledging TJ’s of 13 May and informing him that his recent silence was caused by a six weeks’ absence in Paris; that he saw Mr. Short there and was reimbursed by him for advances to the American sailor Benjamin Huls; and that he had forwarded dispatches from Short and would consult him about the propriety of publishing an extract from TJ’s letter concerning the...
6To Thomas Jefferson from Delamotte, 12 August 1791 (Jefferson Papers)
Le Havre, 12 Aug. 1791 . He has little to add to what he wrote on the 25th, of which he encloses a copy. This goes by Minerva , Capt. Wood, together with public papers sent by Short and another by himself. Le Jeune Eole will bring a clock for TJ which he has just received and did not have time to put on Minerva. —TJ will see that the constitution has been presented to the King and it is said...
7To Thomas Jefferson from Delamotte, 15 October 1791 (Jefferson Papers)
Le Havre, 15 Oct. 1791. Nothing interesting has happened since his last letter of 24 Aug. except for the king’s acceptance of the constitution. The king apparently acted in good faith as England and the Emperor solemnly recognized his act. The nation is so attached to the “dernieres résolutions” of the National Assembly that this induced the king to accept the constitution and has prevented...
8To Thomas Jefferson from Delamotte, 27 October 1791 (Jefferson Papers)
Le Havre, 27 Oct. 1791 . Praises behavior of American ship captains and crews in Le Havre.—Encloses copy of “d’une observation maritime” received by way of some Catholic priests in Baltimore. It will be helpful if the document’s contents can be verified.—In 1785 Le Compere Mat […] left Le Havre for Baltimore commanded by Lieutenant d’Elivet and accompanied by his son. The ship arrived safely...
9To Thomas Jefferson from Delamotte, 19 December 1791 (Jefferson Papers)
Le Havre, 19 Dec. 1791 . He last wrote to TJ on 27 Nov. and enclosed four letters from Short in Holland.—France was gratified by recent reports that the U.S. had sent 1,800 men to Saint-Domingue. Even after Frenchmen realized that these reports could not be true because the U.S. lacked a sufficiently large standing army, they continue to take pleasure in the news of shipments of American arms,...
10To Thomas Jefferson from Delamotte, 24 February 1792 (Jefferson Papers)
Le Havre, 24 Feb. 1792 . Nothing remarkable has happened since his of 19 Dec. 1791; Mr. Short’s letters by this conveyance will be more informative.—The consumption of tobacco, which is now worth 50 to 60₶, cannot fail to increase. Rice sells at 36₶ and is in short supply. These prices depend on the depreciation of the assignat, which is now worth 30 ⅛ for 3₶ at Amsterdam, 16 ⅛ for 3₶ at...
11To Thomas Jefferson from Delamotte, 5 June 1792 (Jefferson Papers)
Havre, 5 June 1792. He has received TJ’s letter of March 13 and thanks him for the information on Mr. Delivet. He has sent to Short in Holland the packets for Morris, who, he believes, is still in London, but he has no letters from Short to forward. Political affairs continue much less settled than the general population desires; our war with the King of Bohemia remains scandalously checked as...
12To Thomas Jefferson from Delamotte, 22 July 1792 (Jefferson Papers)
Havre, 22 July 1792 . Since his last of 5 June the Minerva has again left here for London with a cargo of tobacco. He is very pleased with the customs officers at Havre on this occasion and, since English ships with tobacco had been admitted to some French ports through inattention rather than design, he has taken the necessary measures with customs to ensure that it will never happen here. He...
13To Thomas Jefferson from Delamotte, 5 October 1792 (Jefferson Papers)
Havre, 5 Oct. 1792. Today he received TJ’s letter of 31 May and the enclosed compilation of laws passed by the first session of the second Congress. He will obey the consular law, arrange the required security with Morris, and confer the agent’s commission in Dunkirk on Coffyn, who will be directed to provide TJ with the information he wishes about that port. Despite variations in the public...
14To Thomas Jefferson from Delamotte, 15 January 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
Le Havre, 15 Jan. 1793 . He encloses a report of ships entering this port for the last half of 1792. Coffyn will send a similar report for Dunkirk. No ships came to the other ports in his department, except perhaps for Rouen, where he has no agent owing to the refusal of Le Couteulx, who was recommended by Barrett, to accept the appointment offered him, preferring apparently a vice-consular...
15To Thomas Jefferson from Delamotte, 9 March 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
Havre, 9 Mch. 1793 . No French ship was available to carry the above letter until now. The king, condemned to death, was executed on 21 Jan. France is at war with all the powers except the United States, Portugal, Sweden, and Denmark. The government has just opened trade with all the French colonies solely to the flag of the United States, whose ships may go between them and France directly...
16To Thomas Jefferson from Delamotte, 9 March 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
Havre, 9 Mch. 1793 . He encloses a copy of a letter from Gouverneur Morris announcing that the French colonies have been opened solely to ships flying the American flag, which can ply between them and France directly and pay no more in duties than French ships. France is at war with Germany, Prussia, Holland, Savoy, England, and Spain, leaving only American flag vessels to help extract our...
17To Thomas Jefferson from Delamotte, 9 March 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
Havre, 9 Mch. 1793 . Having received TJ’s letter of 14 Nov. a few days ago, he sees that TJ may retire and might even now be in Virginia. From what he has seen in American newspapers he is not surprised that TJ prefers a private life to a situation exposing him to the sarcasms of envy. Convinced that TJ will choose to remain in office, he congratulates him in advance on his reasons—envy must...
18To Thomas Jefferson from Delamotte, 12 March 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
Havre, 12 Mch. 1793 . This letter will be brought by the Euphrasia, Captain William McFaden of Philadelphia, which arrived here last October from New Orleans under the Spanish flag as L’Espérance . After disposing of his cargo and completing his business with the Spanish consul, McFaden came to him claiming to be American and presenting a ship’s register for the Euphrasia dated Philadelphia, 2...
19To Thomas Jefferson from Delamotte, 14 March 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
Havre, 14 Mch. 1793 .A rumor is abroad here that Spain has declared war on the United States. No one has identified the source, but neither has it been discredited. Since no public paper confirms it, he considers it a chimera, albeit one which frightens him. Yet it is only too probable that England wishes to prevent America from bringing supplies to France and, rather than break relations with...
20To Thomas Jefferson from Delamotte, 2 June 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
Le Havre, 2 June 1793 . Our political position is still the same. The allied powers attack us from all sides by land and sea and until now we have resisted them passably. But in the last two days our enemies have apparently had some success, unconfirmed reports saying that they have taken Valenciennes and Condé. Our internal troubles hurt us more than the efforts of foreigners. Despite...
21To Thomas Jefferson from Delamotte, 29 August 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
Le Havre, 29 Aug. 1793 . He received TJ’s 21 Mch. letter on 10 June and will continue the efforts already made in accordance with it to prevent foreign ships from flying the American flag. By the first ship he will send the security of which TJ sent him a model, having overcome the difficulty of finding people to make this commitment by offering a counter-guarantee and mortgage on his...
22I. Delamotte to Jefferson, 23 January [1798] (Jefferson Papers)
Je n’ai point eû l’honneur de vous ecrire depuis votre promotion à la presidence du Senat; Je vous prie pourtant de Croire que j’y ai pris tout l’Interet que j’y devois prendre & que je prendrai toujours á tout ce qui vous Arrivera d’important. La Situation Actuelle des Affaires d’Europe m’engage á vous adresser la presente, pour vous mettre, Autant qu’il dépend de moi, au Cours de nos...
23To Thomas Jefferson from Delamotte, 1 October 1800 (Jefferson Papers)
Aprés que nous avons été si Longtems privés de moyens de correspondre avec l’Amérique, je Saisis avec joye une Occasion bien interessante de me rappeller á vous. C’est celle du retour de vos Commissaires, aprés avoir Signé un traité qui retablit les liens d’amitié qui éxistoient entre les deux nations & qui n’auroient point dû etre rompûs. Voilá donc ces liens d’amitié retablis dans un moment...
24To Thomas Jefferson from Delamotte, 20 December 1800 (Jefferson Papers)
l’inactivité absoluë á laquelle notre port est condamnée depuis trois ans, me laisse le tems de venir ici deux ou trois fois l’an. cette fois-ci, en y arrivant, j’ai appris que toutes les nouvelles, qu’on a d’Amerique, vous proclament président des Etats-unis. Je persiste á ne pas vouloir vous faire de Compliments lá dessus. Je sçais bien qu’en penser pour les Etats-unis, & je ne sçais pas...
25To Thomas Jefferson from Delamotte, 27 February 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
J’apprends á l’instant d’une maniere á peû prés certaine que vous etes élû président des Etats unis d’Amérique, comme je l’esperois depuis quelques mois. C’est un évenement tel qu’il n’y en a guere qui puisse m’interesser davantage. j’aime á vous voir promû á cette dignité, parceque je Sçais combien vous etes digne d’elle et elle digne de vous. puissiés vous, Monsieur, y trouver, par vos...
26To Thomas Jefferson from Delamotte, 30 January 1802 (Jefferson Papers)
J’ai recû avec bien de la reconnoissance ma Commission de Vice-agent commercial dans ce port. C’est à vous, à tous égards, que j’en dois mes remerciements et je vous prier de vouloir bien les recevoir et les agréer avec autant de Complaisance, que je mets de prix au bienfait. Vous avés en même tems nommé m. Dobell, agent; vous avés surement eû de bonnes raisons pour le faire & cela ne m’a pas...