791[To Thomas Jefferson from Nathaniel Tracy, 7 April 1786] (Jefferson Papers)
[ Boston, 7 Apr. 1786 . Recorded in SJL as received 28 Nov. 1786, “by Derby.” Not found.]
792To Thomas Jefferson from St. Victour & Bettinger, 8 April 1786 (Jefferson Papers)
M. barclay, vis a vis duquel M. bettinger et moy avons fait notre soumission pour une fourniture de fusils a l’etat de virginie livrable a bordeaux, nous avoit promis de nous instruire a son passage dans cette derniere ville du correspondant dont il y auroit fait choix pour recevoir ces fusils, il l’a oubliée, et prets a faire une expedition assés considérable, nous sommes arrétés par cette...
793To Thomas Jefferson from Jean Nicolas Démeunier, 9 April 1786 (Jefferson Papers)
Après avoir eu L’extrême complaisance de m’instruire de vive voix et par ecrit de ce qui a rapport aux nouvelles republiques d’Amerique, vous avés bien voulu me proposer de revoir en detail, Le Morceau, ou J’ai profité des instructions que vous avés eu La bonté de me donner. J’ai L’honneur de vous envoyer ce Morceau, Monsieur, et Je vous supplie d’y faire ou d’y indiquer Les Corrections que...
794To Thomas Jefferson from C. W. F. Dumas, 11 April 1786 (Jefferson Papers)
J’espere que la présente trouvera Votre Excellence de retour en bonne santé. J’ai reçu les précieuses Notes sur la Virginie, et les relis avec tout l’intérêt que je prends à la matiere, et la reconnoissance due au généreux Auteur. Les Additions et la Carte annoncées pour la Traduction, nous font espérer impatiemment que Mr. Morelet se hâte de la faire paroître. Permettez, Monsieur, que je...
795[To Thomas Jefferson from Francis Eppes, 11 April 1786] (Jefferson Papers)
[ Eppington, 11 Apr. 1786 . Entered in SJL as received 29 June 1786. Not found.]
796To Thomas Jefferson from Francis Eppes, 11 April 1786 (Jefferson Papers)
Their appears to be some strange fatality attending our correspondance. The last letter I have received from you was dated in may and even in that there is no mention made of several of my letters writen in the fall and winter before that date. In my two last I gave you my opinion very fully with respect to Polly’s trip to France and as there is great reason to suspect they never reach’d I...
797[To Thomas Jefferson from Lucy Necks, 17 April 1786] (Jefferson Papers)
[ London, 17 Apr. 1786 . Entered in SJL as received “while in London.” Not found; see entry for TJ’s reply, 18 Apr. 1786.]
798To Thomas Jefferson from the Captains of American Ships at L’Orient, 19 April 1786 (Jefferson Papers)
We humbly beg Leave to inform your Excellency that in Pursuance to the Orders we have recieved from the several Owners of our Ships in America named hereafter; we proceeded with our Cargoes of Tobacco to this Port, in order to sell them to the Farmers General of France, being in Expectation we should enjoy the Price and Conditions which have been granted by the said Farmers to Mr. Robert...
799To Thomas Jefferson from American and French Merchants at L’Orient, 21 April 1786 (Jefferson Papers)
We the American and French Merchants established at L’Orient, interested in the Trade with the United States of America, take the Liberty to lay before your Excellency the unhappy Situation we find ourselves in, and to sollicit your Influence to make it less disadvantageous and more certain in future. We have received a Number of Cargoes of Tobacco since the Peace, which we have sold to the...
800To Thomas Jefferson from Lister Asquith, 21 April 1786 (Jefferson Papers)
Expecting of your arrival from England, have taken the Liberty of writing to you, as we have not any likeness of our being at Liberty. Having wrote to you, the Letter of my submission, 20th. March, I wrote also to Mr. Short 10th. Ultm. but have not received any Answers; the Captain General came here the 4th. Inst., to demand, if we intended to pay him all the Expences, that they had been at...