[Paris, 5 Mch. 1786. An entry in SJL under this date reads: “M. de Rayneval. To send order for Asquith and all other communications to Mr. Short in my absence.” Not found.]
“[From Thomas Jefferson to Rayneval, 5 March 1786],” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-09-02-0284. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, vol. 9, 1 November 1785 – 22 June 1786, ed. Julian P. Boyd. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1954, p. 317.]