1From Thomas Jefferson to La Luzerne, 19 November 1788 (Jefferson Papers)
I have the honor to submit to your Excellency’s perusal some Observations on the Whale fishery, which tho printed to facilitate the reading, are meant to be communicated to his Majesty’s ministers only, as the details they contain are not proper to be further known. I have more confidence in my information relative to the English and American than the French fisheries. But your Excellency,...
2From Thomas Jefferson to La Luzerne, 24 January 1789 (Jefferson Papers)
I have duly received the letter of the 18th. instant with which your Excellency has been pleased to honour me, inclosing a copy of the Arret of Dec. 7. excepting the whale oils of the United States from the operation of that of Sep. 28. and I have availed myself of an opportunity which offered for forwarding them to Congress. They will doubtless receive this new proof of his majesty’s...