1To Thomas Jefferson from Thomas McKean, 20 August 1781 (Jefferson Papers)
My Predecessor sent you the Copy of a vote of Congress of the 14th. of June last, appointing you a Minister for negociating a peace: As no answer has been yet received, a doubt has taken place, whether the information had reached you, and therefore I now inclose you a Duplicate. Permit me, Sir, to congratulate you on this evidence of the full confidence and esteem of your Country, and to hope...