1From Thomas Jefferson to George Washington, 1 January 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
I have duly considered the translation of the letter of Dec. 27. from M. de la Forest stating that the French Consuls here have a right to recieve their salaries at Paris, that under the present circumstances they cannot dispose of their bills, and desiring that our government will take them as a remittance in part of the monies we have to pay to France. No doubt he proposes to let us have...
2From Thomas Jefferson to George Washington, 8 January 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
Th: Jefferson has the honor to inclose to the President 3 copies of the papers on the subject of the Coins. He does not see however that it is necessary to send one to the Senate, unless usage has rendered it so. He has retained the Directors original statement, thinking it ought to be of record in his Office, as it may be the foundation of a Law. Tr ( Lb in DNA : RG 59, SDC ); at head of...
3From Thomas Jefferson to George Washington, 13 January 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
Th: Jefferson has the honor to send to the President a sketch which he has submitted to a gentleman or two in the legislature on the subject of Indian purchases. He sends him also two letters received last night from Mr. Gouverneur Morris. The correspondence referred to in one of them, is in French, and being improper to go into the hands of a clerk, Th:J. is translating it himself for the use...
4Enclosure: Clause for Bill Regulating Trade with the Indians, [13 January 1793] (Jefferson Papers)
Be it enacted &c that no person shall be capable of acquiring any title, in law or equity, to any lands beyond the Indian boundaries and within those of the U.S. by purchase, gift, or otherwise, from the Indians holding or claiming the same: and that it shall be a misdemeanor in any person, punishable by fine and imprisonment at the discretion of a jury , to obtain, accept, or directly or...
5From Thomas Jefferson to George Washington, 15 January 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
On further consideration I have thought it may be as well to omit the proposition for making any addition however small to the foreign fund , till the next session of Congress, by which time it will be more evident whether it is necessary or not. I have the honor to be with the greatest respect Sir your most obedt. & most humble servt PrC ( DLC ). Tr ( DLC ); 19th-century copy. Not recorded in...
6From Thomas Jefferson to George Washington, 22 January 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
Th: Jefferson has the honor to inclose to the President the subscription paper he has prepared for enabling the Philosophical society to send Mr. Michaux on the mission through the country between the Missisipi and South sea, and he will have that of waiting on him tomorrow morning on the subject. RC ( DNA : RG 59, MLR ); addressed: “The President of the U.S.”; endorsed by Tobias Lear. PrC (...
7From Thomas Jefferson to George Washington, 1 February 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
Th: Jefferson has the honor to send to the President the speech of De Coin, written at length from his notes , very exactly. He thinks he can assure the President that not a sentiment delivered by the French interpreter is omitted, nor a single one inserted which was not expressed. It differs often from what the English Interpreter delivered, because he varied much from the other who alone was...
8From Thomas Jefferson to George Washington, 2 February 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
Th: Jefferson has the honor to inclose for the President’s notice a small pamphlet sent to Th:J. by the author, containing some ideas which may merit attention, in due time, at the Federal city. RC ( DNA : RG 59, MLR ); addressed: “The President of the U.S.”; endorsed erroneously by Tobias Lear as a letter of 2 Mch. 1793, but corrected in another hand. Tr ( Lb in same, SDC ). Not recorded in...
9From Thomas Jefferson to George Washington, 7 February 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
Th: Jefferson has the honor to return the Indian proceedings with the addition proposed, and to mention to the President that he did not send him in writing the proposition for enquiring into their boundaries, because having spoken to Genl. Knox on the subject it was found that their claims had been perfectly explained to Genl. Putnam. RC ( DNA : RG 59, MLR ); addressed: “The President of the...
10From Thomas Jefferson to George Washington, 10 February 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
Th: Jefferson has the honor to submit to the judgment of the President the rough draught of the Report he has prepared on commerce. RC ( DNA : RG 59, MLR ); endorsed by Tobias Lear. Tr ( Lb in same, SDC ). Not recorded in SJL . The text sent to Washington, in the hand of George Taylor, Jr., with revisions made by TJ in response to comments he had solicited from Tench Coxe, is in DLC : TJ...
11I. Statement of the American Debt to France, [ca. 12 February 1793] (Jefferson Papers)
Loan of 18. Millns. 6. Millns. Interest payable 10. Millions Total due in Dollars. Payments made each year. Balance unpaid at end of each year. Principal payable Interest payable Principal payable Interest payable day of paiment Sep. 3. day of payment Jan. 1. day of payment Nov. 5. 1784. 900,000 300,000 1785. 900,000 300,000 }
12II. Thomas Jefferson to George Washington, 12 February 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
According to the desire you expressed the other day when speaking of the application of France for 3. millions of livres, I have the honour to inclose a statement of the Questions which appear to me to enter into the consideration of that application. After putting them on paper, I saw that some developements and observations would be necessary to explain their propriety and connection. These...
13III. Questions on the Application of France, 12 February 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
Questions arising on the application of France for 3. millions of livres to be sent in Provisions to France. I. 1. Has the Legislature furnished the money? 2. is that money in it’s place, or has it been withdrawn for other purposes? 3. if it has, should we not take the first proper occasion of rectifying the transaction by repaying the money to those for whom the law provided it? 4. is the...
14IV. Observations on the Questions about the Application of France, 12 February 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
I. The First question is Whether the application of the Executive of France for 3. millions of livres = 544,500 Doll. is to be complied with? But to be in condition to solve this, some preliminary Queries and Observations are necessary. Qu. Has the Legislature done their part, by providing the money? The act of 1790. Aug. 4. c.34. §.2. authorized the President to borrow 12. Millions of...
15From Thomas Jefferson to George Washington, 14 February 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
Th: Jefferson with his respects to the President sends him a letter from Mr. Short. Also a circular letter he has written to the foreign ministers at Philadelphia, in order to place his Report on commerce on safe ground as to them. Also a copy of the statement of the French debt as furnished me by Mr. Ternant. RC ( DNA : RG 59, MLR ); dateline at foot of text; addressed: “The President of the...
16From Thomas Jefferson to George Washington, 14 February 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
Th: Jefferson presents his respects to the President and returns him the letters from the Commissioners. He does not recollect whether he shewed him his letter to Ellicot the only one he has written to him since last Summer. Lest he should not have done it he now incloses it. He thinks it impossible that any thing in that could have produced ill humour in Ellicot towards the Commissioners and...
17Memorandum on Consuls and Consular Appointments, 15 February 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
Consuls remaining in office. Feb. 15. 1793. Consuls &c. who have resigned or abandoned their Consulates. Candidates for appointments. Havre. Nathaniel Cutting of Massachusets to be Consul. Falmouth. Edward Fox. of Gr. Britain. to be Consul. Our ships often touch at Falmouth for orders, and have occasion for patronage to prevent their being forced to enter. A safe person there also for taking...
18Report on the Petition of John Rogers, 16 February 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
The Secretary of State, to whom was referred by the House of Representatives of the United States, the Petition of John Rogers, setting forth that as an Officer of the State of Virginia, during the last war, he became entitled to Two thousand Acres of Lands on the North east side of the Tennissee at it’s confluence with the Ohio, and to 2400 Acres in different parcels, between the same River...
19From Thomas Jefferson to George Washington, 16 February 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
Th: Jefferson has the honor to send to the President the copy of a Report he proposes to give in to the H. of Representatives on Monday on the subject of a Petition of John Rogers referred to him. The President will see by Mr. Hammond’s letter, now inclosed, that he has kindled at the facts stated in Th:J’s report on commerce. Th:J. adds the draught of an answer to him, if the President should...
20From Thomas Jefferson to George Washington, 17 February 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
Th: Jefferson has the honor with his respects to the President to communicate the answers he has received from the Representatives of France and Spain with his replies. RC ( DNA : RG 59, MLR ); addressed: “The President of the US.”; endorsed by Tobias Lear. Tr ( Lb in same, SDC ). Not recorded in SJL . Enclosures: (1) Josef Ignacio de Viar and Josef de Jaudenes to TJ, 15 Feb. 1793 . (2) Jean...
21Memorandum on Consuls Recommended for Appointment, 18 February 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
Havre. Nathaniel Cutting of Massachusets, Consul of the U.S. of A. for the port of Havre in France, and for such other parts of that country as shall be nearer to the said port than to the residence of any other Consul or Vice consul of the U.S. within the same allegiance. Falmouth. Edward Fox native of Great Britain. Consul of the US. of A. for the port of Falmouth in the kingdom of Great...
22From Thomas Jefferson to George Washington, 18 February 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
The Commissioners of the Territory of the United States on the Potomac having, according to law, had the said Territory surveyed and defined by proper metes and bounds, and transmitted their report with a plat of the boundary, I have now the honor to lay them before you. As this work has been executed under the Authority of the Legislature, I presume it would be proper to communicate the...
23From Thomas Jefferson to George Washington, 20 February 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
Th: Jefferson, with his respects to the President, has the honor of inclosing him a letter he proposes to send to the Speaker to-day, if approved by the President: also the translation of some papers given him by Mr. Ternant three or four days ago, which he has not before had time to prepare: also extract of a private letter from Mr. Short. Th:J. will have the honor of waiting on the President...
24Enclosure: Extracts of Letters concerning Gouverneur Morris and William Short, [20 February 1793] (Jefferson Papers)
Pro memoriâ. Different extracts relative to the Minister Plen. of the U.S. in France. Letter from M. Le Brun Minister of foreign affairs to the Minister of France with the U.S. dated Sep. 13. 1792. ‘We have been as much astonished, as piqued at the forms , and tone assumed by the American Minister. We expected to find in him dispositions which would manifest the close union which should...
25From Thomas Jefferson to George Washington, [22 February 1793] (Jefferson Papers)
Th: Jefferson with his respects to the President, incloses him a letter he received from Mr. Short yesterday, by which he expected to leave the Hague on the 12th. of December: also the answers he has prepared to the two petitions from Post Vincennes . RC ( DNA : RG 59, MLR ); undated; addressed: “The President of the US.”; endorsed by Tobias Lear as a letter of 22 Feb. 1793. Tr ( Lb in same,...
26Cabinet Opinions on Indian Affairs, [25 February 1793] (Jefferson Papers)
The President having required the attendance of the heads of the three departments and of the Attorney general at his house on Monday the 25th. of Feb. 1793. the following questions were proposed and answers given. 1. The Governor of Canada having refused to let us obtain provisions from that province or to pass them along the water communication to the place of treaty with the Indians, and...
27Cabinet Opinions on the Debt to France, 25 February 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
Feb. 25. 1793. The President desires the opinions of the heads of the three departments and of the Attorney General on the following question, to wit. Mr. Ternant having applied for money equivalent to three millions of livres to be furnished on account of our debt to France at the request of the Executive of that country, which sum is to be laid out in provisions within the US. to be sent to...
28From Thomas Jefferson to George Washington, 25 February 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
RC ( DNA : RG 59, MLR ); endorsed by Tobias Lear. Tr ( Lb in same, SDC ). Not recorded in SJL . Enclosures: (1) Thomas Barclay to TJ, 17 , 19 ,
29From Thomas Jefferson to George Washington, 25 February 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
Th: Jefferson has the honor to inform the President that he called this evening on M. de Ternant, who produced to him the original letter of M. Le Brun instructing him to apply to our government for two millions of livres to be laid out in flour and one million in salted provisions. RC ( DNA : RG 59, MLR ); addressed: “The President of the U.S.”; endorsed by Tobias Lear. PrC ( DLC ). Not...
30Cabinet Opinion on Military Rations, 28 February 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
Having considered the note of the President of the U.S. to General Knox, on the subject of increased rations; we are of opinion, that a proposition to congress at this time concerning such increase would be inexpedient, even if the question were more free from difficulty, than it is. But liable as it is to objections , the inexpediency of such a proposition now , acquires double force. MS (...