1To Thomas Jefferson from St. John de Crèvecoeur, 5 January 1789 (Jefferson Papers)
By Mr. Chevalier who goes directly to Paris, I have Taken The Liberty of sending you a pretty large Packet , The contents of which I beg Leave to recommend to your distributive kindness; To Tell you Candidly The Truth, It was Intended for Mr. Short, but through mistake has been directed to you; the Engl: Nav: P.B. not being as yet arrived, and no European vessels having lately visited our...
2To Thomas Jefferson from St. John de Crèvecoeur, 20 November 1788 (Jefferson Papers)
I hope you have safely receiv’d a packet which I forwarded to you the 15 Ulto. by the Brig Sally Capt. Bunker, bound from this place to Bordeaux as well as a second which I sent under cover of the Baron de Bréteuil via Amsterdam, by the Brig Harmony which sailed from here on the 30th Ulto. Cou’d I have foreseen that Mr. Gouverneur Morris intended to have spent the Winter in Paris, most...
3To Thomas Jefferson from St. John de Crèvecoeur, 9 November 1787 (Jefferson Papers)
I am much obliged to you for your Last Letter , as well as for the various and Interesting details it contained concerning the State of our national affairs. Great Indeed is the Change Lately brought about in the disposition of that Country; but who Cou’d have foreseen that the Parliaments Shou’d have Shew’d such a spirit of opposition to the Establishment of Provincial assemblies. It wou’d...
4To Thomas Jefferson from St. John de Crèvecoeur, 16 April 1787 (Jefferson Papers)
As a feeble tho’ sincere acknowledgement for your excellent notes on Virginia, as well as for your kindness, Permit me to offer you The Second Edition of the Amer: Far. Letters. Spite of all my Care, a great number of Faults are to be found in it, for never before had I seen such Profligate careless Men as the Journeymen Printers I have had to do with. With unfeigned Respect I remain Sir Your...
5To Thomas Jefferson from St. John de Crèvecoeur, 16 December 1786 (Jefferson Papers)
Agreable to what I Told you last Wednesday I Saw Yesterday morning the Duke of Harcourt, To whom I most particularly Explained the Motives which had hitherto obliged you to decline Solliciting from the Government the Freedom of Honfleur. Here follows his answer. “I am Conscious that on many accounts that Freedom will be at least as usefull to us as to The americans; but as the nature of our...
6To Thomas Jefferson from St. John de Crèvecoeur, [13 December 1786] (Jefferson Papers)
I dined Yesterday with M. le Couteulx and asked him the question you desired I shou’d, concerning the fate of such letters as might arrive at the House the day preceding that of the Packet’s Sailing. His answer was, that after the Mail shou’d be closed and carried on board, a Private Box wou’d [be] kept by the Captn. for the reception of such late Letters, and that There was not the least...
7To Thomas Jefferson from Duperré Delisle and St. John de Crèvecoeur, 7 July 1786 (Jefferson Papers)
Permetez-moi, sous les auspices de Mr. St. Jean de Crevecoeur Consul pour le Roi à Neuyork, d’implorer vos bons offices auprès du Congrès pour faire rendre justice à de malheureux cultivateurs des environs de Caën qui sont propriétaires d’un grand nombre d’éffets de papier-monnoie des differens états unis. Ils s’apellent Pelcerf, et ces éffets leur sont échus de la succession de francois...
8To Thomas Jefferson from St. John de Crèvecoeur, 30 August 1785 (Jefferson Papers)
I have received with great Pleasure yours of the 22d. Instant. I am Very Glad to See the State of your health is Improved, and that Miss Jefferson Grows and Prospers. I hope to have the pleasure of seeing you Some time in Octre. I shall go, I believe, with my two boys to spend some time at Sanoy with the Good Comtesse, who also has lost a dear and a beloved brother. I most Sincerely...
9To Thomas Jefferson from St. John de Crèvecoeur, 15 August 1785 (Jefferson Papers)
Had my health Permitted me I shou’d Long since have enjoyed the Pleasure of Seeing you in Paris. But I feel that I shall not be able to Perform that Journey untill the Midle of the Fall. I have the Minister’s Leave to stay here during that Time. Mr. Williamos has Informed me that the State of Your health is better than heretofore. I hope the difference of Climate will prove advantageous to...
10To Thomas Jefferson from St. John de Crèvecoeur, 18 May 1785 (Jefferson Papers)
I am much obliged to you for your Good and Kind Letter. I never knew before of your having been Sick. Happy am I to hear from Yourself, that you are a Great deal better. Your idea of having the Statuary to come over himself, was the only Infallible one. I am waiting for the arrival of the April Packet with Impatience. It will be une Epoque dans les Arts that so renowned a Statuary Shou’d Cross...