To George Washington from Thomas Jefferson, 7 May 1793
From Thomas Jefferson
[Philadelphia] May 7. 93
Th: Jefferson presents his respects to the President and incloses the draught of a letter to mister Pinckney in answer to one lately received from him. as Colo. Hamilton, the Attorney General & Th: J. had a meeting on another subject, Th: J. took the liberty of consulting them on it, and has altered it agreeably to their minds.1
AL, DNA: RG 59, Miscellaneous Letters; LB, DNA: RG 59, George Washington’s Correspondence with His Secretaries of State; LB (photocopy), DLC:GW.
1. On this date GW approved the enclosed letter, which was a reply to Thomas Pinckney’s letter to Jefferson of 13 Mar. 1793. Both letters concerned American shipping rights as a neutral nation, a topic under discussion by the cabinet on 5 May when Jefferson received Pinckney’s letter ( 129; 25:375–78, 674–76; Neutrality Proclamation, 22 April, and Jefferson’s Notes, 6–12 May).