1To Thomas Jefferson from St. John de Crèvecoeur, 20 November 1788 (Jefferson Papers)
I hope you have safely receiv’d a packet which I forwarded to you the 15 Ulto. by the Brig Sally Capt. Bunker, bound from this place to Bordeaux as well as a second which I sent under cover of the Baron de Bréteuil via Amsterdam, by the Brig Harmony which sailed from here on the 30th Ulto. Cou’d I have foreseen that Mr. Gouverneur Morris intended to have spent the Winter in Paris, most...
2To Thomas Jefferson from Silas Talbot, 20 November 1788 (Jefferson Papers)
Johnstown, New York, 20 Nov. 1788. Asks TJ to inquire about his two sons, Cyrus and George Washington Talbot, who are volunteers in the French navy. Mr. Jay informed him that he had written TJ on this subject some time ago. Talbot missed seeing the boys when the fleet was in Boston last September; has forwarded $200 through La Forest to “the Governor” of Normandy for money advanced to them at...