1To Thomas Jefferson from Burrill Carnes, [ca. 31 December 1787] (Jefferson Papers)
[ Nantes, ca. 31 Dec. 1787 ] Asks for instructions for forwarding the continental accounts and those of Schweighauser & Dobrée, which he had intended to send by “Mr. Prentiss of Boston,” the bearer of this letter, but recollects that Mr. William Ast, at L’Orient, informed him that they should first be sent to him to be entered “in the Continental Books in his possession.” RC ( MHi ); 2 p.;...
2To Thomas Jefferson from Burrill Carnes, [before 31 December 1787] (Jefferson Papers)
[ Nantes, before 31 Dec. 1787 .] Has a vessel bound for Alexandria in a few days; offers to execute any commissions entrusted to him. RC ( MHi ); 1 p.; endorsed; undated but evidently one of two undated letters recorded in SJL Index as received in 1787.