1To Thomas Jefferson from John Telles, 13 December 1790 (Jefferson Papers)
Philadelphia, 13 Dec. 1790 . Having made application through Robert Morris for consulship at Portugal, offers himself as candidate. “I have been in this Country near 30 years in business; preserving always a fair Character.” Is married and has a family, met with heavy losses during war through depreciation, and by this was forced to go to Europe for five years where he formed respectable...