1From Thomas Jefferson to La Luzerne, 30 April 1790 (Jefferson Papers)
When, in the course of your legation to the United States, your affairs rendered it necessary that you should absent yourself awhile from that station, we flattered ourselves with the hope that that absence was not final. It turned out in event that the interests of your sovereign called for your talents and the exercise of your functions in another quarter. You were pleased to announce this...