1To Thomas Jefferson from Du Portail, 2 July 1786 (Jefferson Papers)
Paris, 2 July 1786 . Acknowledges TJ’s letter of 27 June and its enclosure. He feels that the Commissioners of the Treasury have not paid sufficient attention to the fact that his own representations revolve principally on a failure to receive the arrearages of 1784; however, he will await with patience the time when the state of her finances will permit the United States to meet her...