1To Thomas Jefferson from Nathaniel Barrett, 7 December 1787 (Jefferson Papers)
The Cargo of Oil referd to in Messrs. Le Couteulx Letter has been deliverd By those Gentlemen to Mr. Sangrain’s Agents at Rouen for the Illumination of Paris. The only Duties which ought to be demanded are 7.₶ 10s ⅌ 520₶ and 10s. ⅌ Livre, and on producing Certificates (which I have by me) of Exportation or purchase of Goods, this Duty to be returnd, or the Bonds discharged, this being the...
2To Thomas Jefferson from Berenger de Beaufain, 7 December 1787 (Jefferson Papers)
Erlangen, 7 Dec. 1787 . Is a descendant of a French family exiled to Germany because of religion. His uncle, Hector de Berenger de Beaufain, went to America with General Oglethorpe in 1733, settled in South Carolina, became British collector of customs in 1747, received two grants of land from George II, and died in 1766, leaving all his property to the writer, his nephew, by will dated 1762....
3To Thomas Jefferson from Maria Cosway, [7 December 1787] (Jefferson Papers)
I cannot breakfast with you to morrow; to bid you adieu once is sufficiently painful, for I leave you with very melancholy ideas. You have given my dear Sir all your commissions to Mr. Trumbull, and I have the reflection that I cannot be useful to you; who have rendered me so many civilities. RC ( DLC ); unsigned, unaddressed, undated, and unrecorded in SJL ; dated from internal evidence and...
4To Thomas Jefferson from John Trumbull, 7 December 1787 (Jefferson Papers)
I have your letter of Novr. 13th. by which I am happy to learn that your Harpsichord is safe. It must be long since in your possession and I hope answers in every respect your wishes. I fear Mr. Brown will not have compleated your commission in time for me to bring: one of the Polyplasiosmos pictures I will bring you (’tis such a ridiculous long word , that I don’t believe I have spelt it...