[From Thomas Jefferson to the Speaker of the Senate, 17 March 1784]
To the Speaker of the Senate
[Annapolis, 17 Mch. 1784. Entry in SJL reads: “A. Cary. Dr. F’s letter extract. Marq. Fay. Ad. Jay. Laurence.—Turks and Russns—state of Congr.” Neither the letter nor the enclosed extract of Franklin’s letter of 25 Dec. 1783 has been found; but see TJ to Harrison, 18 Mch. 1784.]