1To Thomas Jefferson from St. John de Crèvecoeur, 1 September 1784 (Jefferson Papers)
Dining the other day with H. E. Govr. Hancock. I was shew’d a Virginia Gazette wherein I saw with the most Sincere pleasure a Vote of Your House, ordering a white marble Statue of General Washington to be Executed in Paris under your Care. I observed also an order from Gov. Harrisson to Mr. Peale forthwith to draw a whole-length Picture of that great Man, to be forwarded to you; this Last...
2To 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...
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, 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...
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 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...
8To Thomas Jefferson from St. John de Crèvecoeur, 23 January 1784 (Jefferson Papers)
Encourag’d by Mr. Le Chevr. de Chastelux whom I Saw Lately in Paris; as well as by Several others French officers, who had the Honor of Your acquaintance whilst on this Continent, I have been Led to hope you’d not refuse giving an answer to the Question I take the Liberty of Sending you—Give me leave to add that I am commanded to do so by the Minister who is at the head of the Nurseries...
9To Thomas Jefferson from St. John de Crèvecoeur, 15 July 1784 (Jefferson Papers)
I have duely receiv’d your Last Letter from Boston, and am Glad for your Sake that you Shou’d have found a Convenient vessel, the Captain of which has Engaged To Land you on the Coast of France. But I am afraid you’ll Set your feet on some barbarous Corner where you’ll find neither Horse nor Carriage. As To my own Sake I am Sorry I Shou’d by this arrangement been deprived of the pleasure of...
10To 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...