11Memorandum on a Discussion of the President’s Retirement, 5 May 1792 (Madison Papers)
☞ Read the pages as numbered 1–2 &c Substance of a Conversation with the President 5th. May. 1792. In consequence of a note this morning from the President requesting me to call on him I did so; when he opened the conversation by observing that having some time ago communicated to me his intention of retiring from public life on the expiration of his four years, he wished to advise with me on...
12From Thomas Jefferson to Edward Church, 5 May 1792 (Jefferson Papers)
The President of the United States desiring to avail the public of your services as Consul of the United States of America for the port of Lisbon, in the Kingdom of Portugal and for such parts of the said Kingdom as shall be nearer to the said port, than to the residence of any other Consul or vice Consul of the United States in the said Kingdom, I have now the honor of enclosing you the...
13From Thomas Jefferson to John Dobson, 5 May 1792 (Jefferson Papers)
Your letters of Feb. 5. and Apr. 24. were duly received. Having on the receipt of the former written to Mr. Eppes, to whom your letter referred me for the payments made on my bill of exchange, I received from him an answer of Feb. 24. wherein he says ‘since furnishing you with Mr. Dobson’s statement of your account, I have paid him out of money recd. on account of Mr. Wayles’s estate £150. He...