From Thomas Jefferson to Thomas Pinckney, 1 January 1793
To Thomas Pinckney
Philadelphia Jan. 1. 1793.
Dear Sir
I have it in charge from the President of the United States, to desire you to be very attentive to the embarkation of troops from the British dominions in Europe, to those in America, and particularly to Quebec—and to give us the earliest advice of their numbers, destination, object and other material circumstances.1 I have the honor to be with great and sincere esteem, Dear Sir Your most obedient and most humble servt
Th: Jefferson
RC (DLC); with sentence in code; at foot of text: “Mr. Pinckney”; endorsed by William A. Deas. FC (Lb in DNA: RG 59, DCI); entirely en clair.
The charge from the president was Washington to TJ, [31 Dec. 1792].
1. This sentence is written in unidentified code; the text has been supplied from the FC.