1To Thomas Jefferson from William Duane, 24 March 1800 (Jefferson Papers)
A copy of the Proceedings of the Senate of the United States, in relation to a publication in “The Aurora,” and ascribing guilt to me in that publication, and a breach of their Privileges, has been left at my office. It is with pleasure I observe that the justice of the Senate provides, as the constitution prescribes, that I shall “have an opportunity to make any proper defence ” for the...
2To Thomas Jefferson from William Duane, 27 March 1800 (Jefferson Papers)
I beg you to lay before the Senate this acknowlegement of my having received an authenticated copy of the resolution of Monday last in my case. Copies of those resolutions I transmitted to Messrs. Dallas and Cooper , my intended counsel, soliciting their professional aid. A copy of my letter to each of those Gentlemen is enclosed, marked (A). Their answers I have also the pleasure to enclose,...