1From Thomas Jefferson to John Trumbull, 11 October 1787 (Jefferson Papers)
Mr. Cutting has for some days been in possession of a letter for you, but finding his departure put off from day to day, I take the liberty of repeating by post a request which is in that letter. It is to enquire whether the ship James (Capt. Dunn) with my harpsichord is actually sailed from London. The appearances of an immediate rupture between the two nations make me anxious that it should...