1To Thomas Jefferson from John M. Pintard, 8 October 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
Madeira, 8 Oct. 1793 . In his 23 July letter he informed TJ that the island’s governor had detained an American vessel he had chartered here at £65 a month to go to Bordeaux and that he had sent Humphreys documents proving the detention. A few days ago he received a 14 Sep. letter from Lisbon in which Humphreys stated that he was to sail the next day for Gibraltar, that he only had time to...