1From Thomas Jefferson to Benjamin Franklin Bache, 29 September 1794 (Jefferson Papers)
In a letter from Crosby , office keeper for the Secretary of state, he informs me you expressed some anxiety to receive the gong belonging to Mr. Franklin , the bringing of which here was the subject of a former apology to you. I have the promises of three several persons who went to China in different vessels in 1793. that they would bring me one each, and I presume I may count on their...
2From Thomas Jefferson to Benjamin Franklin Bache, 2 June 1795 (Jefferson Papers)
The season being now arrived when all danger of the sea vanishes, I have had Mr. Franklin’s gong packed and shall send it immediately to Richmond with instructions to forward it by some safe and known master of a vessel to Philadelphia. As there is rarely a week without some vessel going from thence to Philadelphia, I hope it will arrive soon and safe. If you can make me up a set of your...
3From Thomas Jefferson to Benjamin Franklin Bache, 26 December 1795 (Jefferson Papers)
Mr. Crosby writes me he has bespoke from you a set of your papers for the present year to be bound up and forwarded to me after the end of the year as usual. Independant of this I shall be glad to become your subscriber from the 1st. day of this month for another set to be forwarded to me by post. As some of these will miscarry, I shall hope that on forwarding to you at the end of the next...
4From Thomas Jefferson to Benjamin Franklin Bache, 22 April 1791 (Jefferson Papers)
Th. Jefferson presents his compliments to Mr. Bache and sends him three gazettes of Leyden. He will send him five others (coming to Feb. 22) as soon as he has read them. He congratulates Mr. Bache on an observation he has heard very generally made of the improvement of his paper within some time past. He still wishes some means could be found of making it a paper of general distribution, thro’...