1To Thomas Jefferson from John Ammonet, 10 May 1787 (Jefferson Papers)
Norfolk, 10 May 1787. Encloses letters of introduction; though he had expected to sail with Capt. Ramsay, the bearer, he postpones his voyage on account of illness. Asks TJ to make inquiries into the matter of his claim to the estate, “perhaps in the Town of Tessey, in lower Normandy,” of Jacob Ammonet, who left France for Virginia about 1700. He has credentials proving himself the “legal...