1To Thomas Jefferson from Burrill Carnes, 24 February 1789 (Jefferson Papers)
Nantes, 24 Feb. 1789 . As requested in TJ’s letter of 15 Feb., recommends John Gallwey, “an establish’d Merchant of this City for near twenty years … a friend to America” and “a man of the strictest honor and honesty” to take his place in all matters, including that of Schweighauser & Dobrée, about which Gallwey is now totally ignorant. Carnes expects to sail this week for Baltimore and to...
2To Thomas Jefferson from Burrill Carnes, 10 February 1789 (Jefferson Papers)
Nantes, 10 Feb. 1789 . Omitted mentioning in yesterday’s letter that the brig Minerva , by which he expects to embark, will sail within ten days directly to Baltimore; offers to execute any commands of TJ. RC ( MHi ); 1 p.; endorsed. Not recorded in SJL .
3To Thomas Jefferson from Burrill Carnes, 9 February 1789 (Jefferson Papers)
I had the honor to address you last week to which I beg leave to refer you. I now take the liberty to hand you Sir by a private conveyance [a] list of all the Vessels arriv’d in this Port during the last year also another of all the Goods of every Kind, and an Almanack by which you will see a list of the Ships from this River &c. I have the honor to add to these the Memorial of the Unfortunate...
4To Thomas Jefferson from Burrill Carnes, 23 January 1789 (Jefferson Papers)
Nantes, 23 Jan. 1789 . As instructed in TJ’s letter of 15 Jan., has notified the merchants of Nantes of the arrêt of 7 Dec. 1788.—Some unexpected business may require his presence in America for a few months; asks “whether the honor of the Execution of your orders here, during that time, can not be intrusted to another person,” whose name he will mention before leaving. If he goes it will be...
5[To Thomas Jefferson from Burrill Carnes, 21 October 1788] (Jefferson Papers)
[[ 21 Oct. 1788. Recorded in SJL Index. Not found.]]
6To Thomas Jefferson from Burrill Carnes, 4 October 1788 (Jefferson Papers)
Nantes, 4 Oct. 1788. Introduces “Mr. Henry Caldwell of Connecticut who passes thro’ Paris on his way from London to Tours where he proposes to reside for some time to Learn French.” Carnes expects to return to America in the course of a few months; will notify TJ before he goes. RC ( MHi ); 2 p.; endorsed.
7[To Thomas Jefferson from Burrill Carnes, 10 June 1788] (Jefferson Papers)
[ Nantes, 10 June 1788 . Recorded in SJL Index, but not found. It is probable that this letter conveyed to TJ the information that Schweighauser & Dobrée would be willing to arbitrate the matter then in negotiation, a proposal on which TJ had asked Carnes to sound the opinion of Dobrée, and which, on receiving Carnes’ favorable report, he formally advanced in his letter to Schweighauser &...
8To Thomas Jefferson from Burrill Carnes, 15 January 1788 (Jefferson Papers)
In answer to the honor of your Letters 31st. Ultimo 3d and 6th Insts., I immediately communicated to the Merchants of this City the Letter and arret relative to American Commerce which appears very favorable, and by some French Merchants, that part which respects the East Indies they think too much so for their Interest, supposing that what is meant by the same priviledges as are allow’d the...
9To Thomas Jefferson from Burrill Carnes, [before 31 December 1787] (Jefferson Papers)
[ Nantes, before 31 Dec. 1787 .] Has a vessel bound for Alexandria in a few days; offers to execute any commissions entrusted to him. RC ( MHi ); 1 p.; endorsed; undated but evidently one of two undated letters recorded in SJL Index as received in 1787.
10To Thomas Jefferson from Burrill Carnes, [ca. 31 December 1787] (Jefferson Papers)
[ Nantes, ca. 31 Dec. 1787 ] Asks for instructions for forwarding the continental accounts and those of Schweighauser & Dobrée, which he had intended to send by “Mr. Prentiss of Boston,” the bearer of this letter, but recollects that Mr. William Ast, at L’Orient, informed him that they should first be sent to him to be entered “in the Continental Books in his possession.” RC ( MHi ); 2 p.;...