1From Thomas Jefferson to Jeremiah Wadsworth, 11 May 1791 (Jefferson Papers)
I have duly recieved your favour of April 20. The exemption from the Droit d’Aubaine in the French West Indies, has been for some time past a subject of attention. As the National assembly were abolishing it in France for all nations, I desired our Chargé des affaires there to see that the decree should be extended to all the dominions of France. His letters assure me that it will be done, so...