1Enclosure: James Cole Mountflorence’s Account of the French Revolution, 11 November 1792 (Jefferson Papers)
I have not written to you since the memorable 10th. of August, but do not accuse me of neglect, The tyrannical proceedings of the Municipality of Paris who had erected themselves into one of the most tremendous inquisitorial courts, ten times more arbitrary than the star chamber, or the Dominicans Inquisition in Spain and sicily made it unsafe even for a stranger to trust his thoughts to paper...
2From Thomas Jefferson to George Washington, 1 February 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
Th: Jefferson has the honor to send to the President the speech of De Coin, written at length from his notes , very exactly. He thinks he can assure the President that not a sentiment delivered by the French interpreter is omitted, nor a single one inserted which was not expressed. It differs often from what the English Interpreter delivered, because he varied much from the other who alone was...