1To Thomas Jefferson from Brown, Benson & Ives, 16 December 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
We had the honour to address you the 18th. of April last in reply to your esteem’d favour of the 5th. of the same Month on the subject of our Complaint relative to the Detention of our Brig Commerce at Port au Prince. It was then our intention to Prosecute our Claim for Damages but the Amount ‘tho very great We could never estimate—on that particular suffice it to say that Capt. Munro...