1To Thomas Jefferson from Thomas Barclay, 6 July 1787 (Jefferson Papers)
L’Orient, 6 July 1787 . Encloses a letter written since his arrival there. “It relates intirely to my affair with French & Nephew, and Do’s not Call on you for any Immediate attention. I trouble you with it to shew you that I Did all that I thought my Duty towards these Men.” Lynch, whom TJ saw at Bordeaux, called on Barclay, and they parted “on such terms as made me Expect an accommodation...
2To Thomas Jefferson from Andrew Ramsay, 6 July 1787 (Jefferson Papers)
I was this morning honoured with your letter of the 2d. and am happy any Attentions I have paid Miss Jefferson meets with your Approbation. Indeed any person whose care she was put Under must have been void of feeling if they neglected her. Her sweet disposition and good nature demanded every attention; and her Vexation and the Affliction she underwent on leaving her Aunt, made it nesseray to...
3Abigail Adams to Thomas Jefferson, 6 July 1787 (Adams Papers)
If I had thought you would so soon have Sent for your dear little Girl, I should have been tempted to have kept her arrival here, from you a secret. I am really loth to part with her, and she last evening upon petit’s arrival, was thrown into all her former distresses, and bursting into Tears, told me it would be as hard to leave me, as it was her Aunt Epps. She has been so often deceived that...
4To Thomas Jefferson from Abigail Adams, 6 July 1787 (Jefferson Papers)
If I had thought you would so soon have sent for your dear little Girl, I should have been tempted to have kept her arrival here, from you a secret. I am really loth to part with her, and she last evening upon Petit’s arrival, was thrown into all her former distresses, and bursting into Tears, told me it would be as hard to leave me as it was her Aunt Epps. She has been so often deceived that...