Thomas Jefferson Papers

Thomas Jefferson to John Adams, 26 November 1790

To John Adams

Philadelphia Nov. 26. 1790.

Dear Sir

From a letter received from the President Mr. Lear is satisfied he cannot be here to-day and doubts even the possibility of his arrival tomorrow. Of course our expedition of to-day would be certainly fruitless, and is therefore laid aside agreeably to a message I have received from Genl. Knox and the attorney General. Your’s affectionately & respectfully,

Th: Jefferson

RC (MHi: AM); addressed: “The Vice-president of the United States at Bush-hill.” Not recorded in SJL.

The Expedition of the Vice-President and members of the cabinet to meet the President, perhaps at Gray’s Ferry, was necessarily postponed. Washington arrived in Philadelphia about 11 in the morning of the 27th (Freeman, Washington description begins Douglas Southall Freeman, George Washington, New York, 1948–57, 7 vols.; 7th volume by J. A. Carroll and M. W. Ashworth description ends , vi, 286).

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    Thomas Jefferson to John Adams, 26 November 1790
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    Jefferson, Thomas
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    Adams, John
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    26 November 1790

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    “Thomas Jefferson to John Adams, 26 November 1790,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-18-02-0058. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, vol. 18, 4 November 1790 – 24 January 1791, ed. Julian P. Boyd. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1971, p. 78.]

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