Volume 11

1 January to 6 August 1787

Volume Details

Description

Volume 11, which covers the period from 1 January to 6 August 1787, continues the account of Jefferson’s mission as minister to France.

From February through June 1787 Jefferson made his first major tour on the continent of Europe, and the record of this journey to southern France and northern Italy is contained in the delightful “Notes of a Tour . . .” in this volume. Perhaps Jefferson is here revealed most clearly, for he traveled incognito, alone, separated from family and countrymen, and was completely free to do as he wished and seek out the people he wanted to see—scholars, merchants, abbés, peasants, farmers. The trip was essentially a tour to study the social, economic, and agricultural aspects of the region, and Jefferson was interested in all he saw, from Roman antiquities and the beauties of the countryside to the production of rice and wine and cheese; from the numerous mechanical devices and gadgets which intrigued him (for many of which he made drawings which are reproduced here) to the workings of a canal.

Shortly after his return from the southern tour, Jefferson’s daughter Polly journeyed from Virginia to join her parent, and the account of this experience, much of it charmingly conveyed in letters from Abigail Adams, with whom she stayed in London while further transport was being arranged, is another picture of Jefferson’s unofficial life.

In his official capacity, Jefferson continued his negotiations to represent his country’s best interest. Included in Volume 11 are letters and documents on his recommendation of Droz’s new method of coinage; on the final success of Thomas Barclay’s negotiations for a treaty with Morocco, and on the many vicissitudes which beset him, including his arrest and imprisonment in Bordeaux, an incident which Jefferson rightly felt could be most detrimental to the reputation of his country; on Jefferson’s consultation with a young Brazilian revolutionary and his attempt to interest Congress in helping Brazil in her revolutions against Portugal; and on the reports continually made to Jefferson by Madison and Monroe and others, which kept him in touch with such important developments at home as Shays’ Rebellion and the forthcoming Federal Convention.

Table of Contents

From Maria Cosway, 1 January 1787	3
From H. Fizeaux & Cie., 1 January 1787	5
From Thomas Boylston, 2 January 1787	5
From Goltz, 2 January 1787	6
From Brissot de Warville, with Enclosure, 3 January 1787	6
Enclosure: Questions Sur Les fonds Publics des Etats unis	7
From Étienne Clavière, 3 January 1787	9
From Le Couteulx & Cie., 3 January 1787	10
To Alexander McCaul, 4 January 1787	10
From C. W. F. Dumas, 5 January 178[7]	12
To William Jones, 5 January 1787	14
From Chartier de Lotbinière, 5 January 1787	18
To Samuel Osgood, 5 January 1787	18
From José da Maia, 5 January 1787	20
From Thomas Barclay, 6 January 1787	20
Thomas Barclay to the American Commissioners, 6 January 1787	21
From S. & J. H. Delap, 6 January 1787	22
From Jean Nicolas Démeunier, 6 January 1787	23
From Ferdinand Grand, 6 January 1787	24
[To Abigail Adams, 7 January 1787]	24
To Calonne, 7 January 1787	25
To Colonia, 7 January 1787	25
To Mathew Boulton, 8 January 1787	26
From Duler, 8 January 1787	26
From R. & A. Garvey, 8 January 1787	26
From C. W. F. Dumas, 9 January 1787	27
From George Gilmer, 9 January 1787	27
To John Jay, 9 January 1787	29
[To Pierre Louis Lacretelle, 9 January 1787]	34
From Elizabeth Blair Thompson, 10 January 1787	34
To John Adams, 11 January 1787	35
To John Bondfield, 11 January 1787	36
To David S. Franks, 11 January 1787	36
From the Abbé Morellet, [11? January 1787?]	37
From R. & A. Garvey, 12 January 1787	38
To Philippe-Denis Pierres, 12 January 1787	38
From Mrs. Rider, 13 January 1787	39
To Ferdinand Grand, 14 January 1787	39
To an Agent of Antoine-Félix Wuibert, 14 January 1787	40
To Harcourt, 14 January 1787	40
To Louis Guillaume Otto, 14 January 1787	42
To St. John de Crèvecoeur, 15 January 1787	43
From Philippe-Denis Pierres, 15 January 1787	45
To Abigail Adams Smith, 15 January 1787	45
To William Stephens Smith, 15 January 1787	46
[From John Bondfield, 16 January 1787]	47
From Carburi, 16 January 1787	47
To Edward Carrington, 16 January 1787	48
From Champagni, [17? January 1787]	50
To S. & J. H. Delap, 17 January 1787	51
To Duler, 17 January 1787	51
To Jean Durival, 17 January 1787	52
From Miguel de Lardizábel y Uribe, 17 January 1787	52
From Segond, 17 January 1787	53
To John Adams, 19 January 1787	54
To Champagni, [19 January 1787]	54
From Chevallié Fils, 19 January 1787	55
To R. & A. Garvey, 19 January 1787	55
To François Soulés, 19 January 1787	56
[To the Abbé Morellet, 19 January 1787]	56
To Elizabeth Blair Thompson, 19 January 1787	56
From Charles Burney, 20 January 1787	58
From Jean Durival, 20 January 1787	60
From Uriah Forrest, 20 January 1787	60
From Madame de Tessé, 21 January 1787	60
From William Jones, 22 January 1787	61
[From Tarbé, 22 January 1787]	62
From St. Victour & Bettinger, 23 January 1787	62
From C. W. F. Dumas, 23 January 1787	62
From Madame de Tessé, 23 January 1787	65
From John Adams, 25 January 1787	65
From R. & A. Garvey, 25 January 1787	67
From Le Veillard, [before 26 January 1787]	67
From John Sullivan, 26 January 1787	68
From John Sullivan, 26 January 1787	68
From Benjamin Vaughan, with Enclosure, 26 January 1787	69
The American Commissioners to John Jay, 27 January 1787	77
The American Commissioners to Taher Fennish, 27 January 1787	79
To Hilliard d'Auberteuil, 27 January 1787	80
To Gelhais, 27 January 1787	81
From De Langeac, 27 January 1787	81
[From Schweighauser & Dobrée, 27 January 1787]	82
To Segond, 27 January 1787	82
From Edmund Randolph, 28 January 1787	83
From Edmund Randolph, 28 January 1787	84
To John Stockdale, 28 January 1787	85
To Anthony Vieyra, [28 January 1787]	85
From Abigail Adams, 29 January 1787	86
From William Cunningham, 29 January 1787	88
To R. & A. Garvey, 29 January 1787	88
From Thomas Haddaway, 29 January 1787	89
From Rochambeau, 29 January 1787	89
From Rosaubo, 29 January [1787]	90
From William Stephens Smith, 29 January 1787	90
To Zachariah Loreilhe, 30 January 1787	92
To James Madison, 30 January 1787	92
From Thomas Silbey, 30 January 1787	98
From André Limozin, 31 January 1787	98
From Partout, [January 1787?]	98
From George Wythe, January 1787	99
To Cunningham and Haddaway, 1 February 1787	99
To John Jay, 1 February 1787	99
From Louis Le Pelletier, 1 February 1787	104
From Puisaye, 1 February 1787	105
To John Stockdale, 1 February 1787	107
To the Commissioners of the Treasury, 1 February 1787	108
To Mary Barclay, 2 February 1787	108
From C. W. F. Dumas, 2 February 1787	109
From Mademoiselle de Lausanne, 2 February 1787	109
[From Alexander McCaul, 2 February 1787]	109
To François Soulés, 2 February 1787	110
From André Limozin, 3 February 1787	110
To Christian Frederick Michaelis and Others, 4 February 1787	111
From Henry Champion, 5 February 1787	112
From De Gascq, with Enclosure, 5 February 1787	112
Enclosure: From M. de Gasq, 5 February 1787	113
From Anthony Garvey, 5 February 1787	116
From Madame de Tott, [early February 1787?]	117
To John Adams, 6 February 1787	118
From Mary Barclay, 6 February 1787	119
To William Drayton, 6 February 1787	119
To John Banister, 7 February 1787	120
To John Banister, Jr., with enclosure, 7 February 1787	121
To Anne Willing Bingham, 7 February 1787	122
To the Governor of Virginia, 7 February 1787	124
To James Madison, 7 February 1787	125
To David S. Franks, 8 February 1787	125
To John Jay, 8 February 1787	126
To André Limozin, 8 February 1787	127
To C. W. F. Dumas, 9 February 1787	127
From John Jay, 9 February 1787	129
[From John Banister, Jr., 10 February 1787]	132
Thomas Barclay to the American Commissioners, 10 February 1787	132
From Thomas Barclay, 10 February 1787	133
From David S. Franks, 10 February 1787	135
[To Madame de Doradour, 11 February 1787]	136
From Duler, 11 February 1787	136
From David S. Franks, 11 February 1787	136
To André Limozin, 11 February 1787	138
To De Puisaye, 11 February 1787	139
To Tarbé, 11 February 1787	139
To Vergennes, 11 February 1787	140
To Charles Burney, 12 February 1787	140
To Borgnis Desbordes, Frères, 12 February 1787	141
To Schweighauser & Dobrée, 12 February 1787	141
From C. W. F. Dumas, 13 February 1787	142
From André Limozin, 13 February 1787	142
From John Stockdale, 13 February 1787	143
To John Adams, 14 February 1787	143
To John Jay, 14 February 1787	144
To John Jay, 14 February 1787	144
From John Jay, 14 February 1787	145
To André Limozin, 14 February 1787	145
From Louis Guillaume Otto, 14 February 1787	146
From Maria Cosway, 15 February 1787	148
From L. J. M. Daubenton, 15 February 1787	151
From Louis Le Pelletier, 15 February 1787	151
From James Madison, 15 February 1787	152
From John Trumbull, 15 February 1787	155
To Simon Bérard, 16 February 1787	156
From Simon Bérard, 16 February 1787	157
To Henry Champion, 16 February 1787	157
From C. W. F. Dumas, 16 February 1787	158
To Philip Mazzei, 16 February 1787	159
From the Commissioners of the Treasury, 16 February 1787	159
From Vandenyver Frères, 16 February 1787	161
From Benjamin Vaughan, 16 February 1787	162
From Froullé, 17 February 1787	163
To Thomas Barclay, 18 February 1787	163
To William Carmichael, 18 February 1787	164
To De Corny, 18 February 1787	165
To the Prévôt des Marchands et Echevins de Paris, 18 February 1787	165
From André Limozin, 18 February 1787	166
From Anne Blair Banister, 19 February 1787	166
To Alexander McCaul, 19 February 1787	167
To William Stephens Smith, 19 February 1787	168
To John Adams, 20 February 1787	169
From John Adams, 20 February 1787	170
From De Corny, 20 February 1787	170
From William Gordon, 20 February 1787	172
To Barradelle, 21 February 1787	173
From Henry Champion, 21 February 1787	173
To Abigail Adams, 22 February 1787	174
To De Langeac, 22 February 1787	175
To John Adams, 23 February 1787	176
To Mrs. Champernoune, 23 February 1787	178
To John Jay, 23 February 1787	179
To Eliza House Trist, 23 February 1787	180
To John Trumbull, 23 February 1787	181
To Michel Capitaine, 25 February 1787	182
From D'Hancarville, 25 February 1787	182
[From William Jones, 25 February 1787]	182
To Richard Peters, 26 February 1787	182
To John Stockdale, 27 February 1787	183
To John Adams, 28 February 1787	184
Jefferson's Letter of Credit from Ferdinand Grand, [ca. 28 February 1787]	184
To Ferdinand Grand, 28 February 1787	185
From Richard Paul Jodrell, 28 February 1787	186
To Lafayette, 28 February 1787	186
To Madame de Tessé, 28 February 1787	187
To Madame de Tott, 28 February 1787	187
To St. John de Crèvecoeur, [ca. February 1787]	188
From John Adams, 1 March 1787	188
From Elias Hasket Derby, 1 March 1787	191
From Alexander Donald, 1 March 1787	193
From Benjamin Vaughan, [ca. 1 March 1787]	195
C. W. F. Dumas to William Short, 2 March 1787	195
C. W. F. Dumas to William Short, 2 March 1787	197
From Lavoisier, 3 March 1787	197
From De Saint-Paterne, 3 March 1787	198
From Madame de Tott, 4 March 1787	198
From Gaudenzio Clerici, 5 March 1787	199
[To Visly, 6 March 1787]	200
From De Guichén, 7 March 1787	200
From Benjamin Hawkins, 8 March 1787	201
From Martha Jefferson, 8 [March] 1787	203
From Brissot de Warville, with Enclosure, 8 March 1787	204
[From Alexander McCaul, 9 March 1787]	206
From Sir John Sinclair, 9 March 1787	206
From Madame de Tessé, 11 [March] 1787	206
From William Short, 12 March 1787	207
To Parent, 13 March 1787	211
From William Short, 14 March 1787	213
[To Adrien Petit, 15 March 1787]	214
To William Short, 15 March 1787	214
[From Adrien Petit, 17 March 1787]	216
From John Ledyard, 19 March 1787	216
From James Madison, 19 March 1787	219
To José da Maia, 19 March 1787	225
To Madame de Tessé, 20 March 1787	226
From Richard Cary, 21 March 1787	228
William Short to the Governor of Virginia, 21 March 1787	230
William Short to John Jay, 21 March 1787	231
From William Short, 22 March 1787	232
From the Governor of Georgia, 23 March 1787	235
From William Carmichael, 25 March 1787	236
From Martha Jefferson, 25 March 1787	238
From William Short, 26 March 1787	239
From Edward Bancroft, 27 March 1787	242
[From Buffon, 27 March 1787] Printed in Vol. 15:635 Supplement	243
To Adrien Petit, 27 March 1787	243
C. W. F. Dumas to William Short, 27 March 1787	243
To William Short, 27 March 1787	246
From John Blair, 28 March 1787	248
To Martha Jefferson, 28 March 1787	250
From the Rev. James Madison, [ca. 28 March 1787]	252
To William Short, 29 March 1787	253
From John Bondfield, 30 March 1787	255
From Francis Eppes, 30 March 1787	255
From Ferdinand Grand, [ca. 30 March 1787]	257
From Madame de Tessé, 30 March 1787	257
From Elizabeth Wayles Eppes, [31 March 1787]	260
From Mary Jefferson, [ca. 31 March 1787]	260
From André Limozin, 31 March 1787	261
[From Adrien Petit, 31 March 1787]	261
To Chastellux, 4 April 1787	261
From Ralph Izard, 4 April 1787	262
From the Papal Nuncio, 4 April 1787	266
To Philip Mazzei, 4 April 1787	266
From William Short, 4 April 1787	267
[To John Banister, 5 April 1787]	270
From Pierre Poinsot des Essarts, 5 April 1787	270
To Madame de Tott, 5 April 1787	270
From William Macarty, 6 April 1787	273
From Rigoley d'Ogny, 6 April 1787	274
From William Short, 6 April 1787	274
To Martha Jefferson, 7 April 1787	277
[From Adrien Petit, 7 April 1787]	278
From David Ramsay, 7 April 1787	279
To William Short, 7 April 1787	280
From Martha Jefferson, 9 April 1787	281
From Jacques Nicolas Mayeux, 9 April 1787	282
From A. E. Van Braam Houckgeest, 10 April 1787	283
To Lafayette, 11 April 1787	283
From Louis Guillaume Otto, 11 April 1787	285
To William Short, 12 April 1787	287
To the Abbés Arnoux and Chalut, 12 April 1787	287
From Francis Hopkinson, 14 April 1787	288
From Francis Hopkinson, 14 April 1787	290
[From Adrien Petit, 14 April 1787]	291
From Thomas Mann Randolph, Jr., 14 April 1787	291
From David Rittenhouse, 14 April 1787	293
From Francis Hopkinson, 15 April 1787	294
From St. John de Crèvecoeur, 16 April 1787	294
From David Ramsay, 16 April 1787	295
From John Sullivan, 16 April 1787	295
From Thomas Brand Hollis, 17 April 1787	297
From Philip Mazzei, 17 April 1787	297
[From John Sullivan, 17 April 1787]	298
From John Adams, 18 April 1787	298
From Peter Carr, 18 April 1787	299
From Castries, 19 April 1787	300
From Benjamin Franklin, 19 April 1787	301
[From St. Victour, 19 April 1787]	302
From Bellon, 21 April 1787	302
From the Abbés Arnoux and Chalut, 23 April 1787	303
From John Banister, Jr., 23 April 1787	303
From David S. Franks, 23 April 1787	305
From David Hartley, 23 April 1787	306
From James Madison, 23 April 1787	307
From Edward Carrington, 24 April 1787	310
From John Jay, 24 April 1787	312
From William Short, 24 April 1787	315
From William Hay, 26 April 1787	318
From John Sullivan, with Account of Expenses for Obtaining Moose Skeleton, 26 April 1787	320
From John Sullivan, 27 April 1787	321
From Richard O'Bryen, 28 April 1787	321
From Charles Thomson, 28 April 1787	323
From Chastellux, 29 April 1787	324
From John Sullivan, 30 April 1787	326
To William Short, 1 May 1787	326
From James Currie, 2 May 1787	327
From William Fleming, 2 May 1787	330
From Peter J. Bergius, 3 May 1787	331
To Castries, 3 May 1787	332
From William Hay, 3 May 1787	332
From Martha Jefferson, 3 May 1787	333
To Rigoley d'Ogny, 3 May 1787	334
From Edmund Randolph, 3 May 1787	335
From American Traders in Guadeloupe, 3 May 1787	336
To Ferdinand Grand, 4 May 1787	337
From Delahais, 4 May 1787	337
To John Jay, 4 May 1787	338
From Edmund Randolph, 4 May 1787	344
To William Short, 4 May 1787	344
William Short to John Jay, 4 May 1787	345
To Thomas Barclay, 5 May 1787	347
To Martha Jefferson, 5 May 1787	348
From André Limozin, 5 May 1787	349
To William Short, 5 May 1787	349
To Edward Bancroft, 6 May 1787	351
From John Banister, Sr., and Anne Blair Banister, 6 May 1787	351
To Jean Baptiste Guide, 6 May 1787	352
To Philip Mazzei, 6 May 1787	354
To St. Victour & Bettinger, 6 May 1787	355
To George Wythe, 6 May 1787	355
From Elizabeth Wayles Eppes, [7 May 1787] Full text printed in Vol. 15:637 Supplement	356
From William Short, 8 May 1787	356
From Stephen Cathalan, Jr., 9 May 1787	358
From John Sullivan, 9 May 1787	359
From John Ammonet, 10 May 1787	360
From G. A. Auckler, 11 May 1787	360
[From the Abbé Guibert, 14 May 1787]	361
From William Short, 14 May 1787	361
From James Madison, 15 May 1787	363
John Stockdale to William Short, 15 May 1787	364
From Ferdinand Grand, 19 May 1787	364
From William Stephens Smith, 19 May 1787	365
From Madame de Tott, 19 May 1787	367
From John Lamb, 20 May 1787	368
To Martha Jefferson, 21 May 1787	369
From James Maury, 21 May 1787	370
To William Short, 21 May 1787	371
From William Short, 21 May 1787	373
From William Drayton, 22 May 1787	374
From André Limozin, 22 May 1787	375
From Robert Montgomery, 22 May 1787	376
From Ferdinand Grand, 23 May 1787	377
[From the Abbé Gaubert, before 25 May 1787]	377
[From Wilt, Delmestre & Cie., 25 May 1787]	377
To John Banister, Jr., 26 May 1787	377
To William Carmichael, 26 May 1787	378
To Francis Eppes, 26 May 1787	378
From Robert Montgomery, 26 May 1787	379
From G. Pin, 26 May 1787	379
To William Stephens Smith, 26 May 1787	380
From Martha Jefferson, 27 May 1787	380
From William Short, 29 May 1787	381
From John Sullivan, 29 May 1787	384
From Miguel de Lardizábel y Uribe, 30 May 1787	384
From George Washington, 30 May 1787	385
From Jeudy de l'Hommande, 31 May 1787	391
From Anne Willing Bingham, [1 June 1787]	392
From J. P. P. Derieux, 1 June 1787	394
To Martha Jefferson, 1 June 1787	394
To William Short, 1 June 1787	395
From Feger, Gramont & Cie., 2 June 1787	396
From C. W. F. Dumas, 5 June 1787	397
From John Churchman, with a Memorial on Magnetic Declinations, 6 June 1787	397
From Lafayette, 6 June 1787	399
From James Madison, 6 June 1787	400
From Charles Thomson, 6 June 1787	403
From Eliza House Trist, 6 June 1787	403
From C. W. F. Dumas, 7 June 1787	405
From John Rutledge, 7 June 1787	405
From C. W. F. Dumas, 8 June 1787	406
From Edward Carrington, 9 June 1787	407
From Richard Claiborne, with Enclosure, 9 June 1787	411
Enclosure: Henry Banks to Richard Claiborne, 25 February 1787	412
From Benjamin Hawkins, 9 June 1787	413
Notes of a Tour into the Southern Parts of France, &c., 3 March–10 June 1787	415
From Dr. Lambert, 11 June 1787	464
From Thomas Barclay, 12 June 1787	466
From Thomas Barclay, 12 June 1787	467
From Motture, 12 June 1787	468
[To Cassini, 13 June 1787]	468
[To Champion, 13 June 1787]	468
From Richard Claiborne, 13 June 1787	468
[To the Abbé Gaubert, 13 June 1787]	469
To William Carmichael, 14 June 1787	469
To C. W. F. Dumas, 14 June 1787	471
To Martha Jefferson, 14 June 1787	472
To Parent, 14 June 1787	472
From Joel Barlow, 15 June 1787	473
From Wilt, Delmestre & Cie., 15 June 1787	474
To the Commissioners of the Treasury, 17 June 1787	474
To Du Pin d'Assarts, 18 June 1787	476
To John Banister, Jr., 19 June 1787	476
To Thomas Barclay, 19 June 1787	477
To Feger, Gramont & Cie., 19 June 1787	479
From the Abbés Arnoux and Chalut, 20 June [1787]	479
To William Macarty, 20 June 1787	479
To James Madison, 20 June 1787	480
From Parent, 20 June 1787	484
From Richard Claiborne, 21 June 1787	485
To George Rogers Clark, 21 June 1787	487
To John Jay, 21 June 1787	487
To Barrois, 22 June 1787	500
From John and Lucy Ludwell Paradise, 22 June 1787	501
To R. & A. Garvey, 24 June 1787	501
From Abigail Adams, 26 June 1787	501
From Abigail Adams, 27 June 1787	502
To Martha Jefferson, 28 June 1787	503
From Thomas Barclay, 29 June 1787	504
From R. & A. Garvey, 29 June 1787	506
From Pierre Bon, 30 June 1787	506
From Stephen Cathalan, Sr., 30 June 1787	507
To Madame de Corny, 30 June 1787	509
From C. W. F. Dumas, 30 June 1787	510
From Feger, Gramont & Cie., 30 June 1787	510
From William Stephens Smith, 30 June 1787	511
From Vernes, 30 June 1787	513
To Abigail Adams, 1 July 1787	514
To John Adams, 1 July 1787	515
To Matthew Boulton, 1 July 1787	518
To Richard Claiborne, 1 July 1787	518
To Maria Cosway, 1 July 1787	519
To Anne Cleland Kinloch, 1 July 1787	520
To John Stockdale, with Orders for Books, 1 July 1787	521
To John Bondfield, 2 July 1787	524
To Francis Eppes, 2 July 1787	524
To William Gordon, 2 July 1787	525
To David Hartley, 2 July 1787	525
To Thomas Brand Hollis, 2 July 1787	527
To Richard Paul Jodrell, 2 July 1787	527
From Lormerie, 2 July 1787	528
To James Maury, 2 July 1787	528
To the Abbé Morellet, 2 July 1787	529
Jefferson's Instructions to Adrien Petit, [ca. 2 July 1787]	531
To Sir John Sinclair, 2 July 1787	532
To Benjamin Vaughan, 2 July 1787	532
From Villedeuil, 2 July 1787	533
To Wilt, Delmestre & Cie., 2 July 1787	534
From Thomas Barclay, [ca. 3 July 1787]	534
From John Bondfield, 3 July 1787	538
Jefferson's Observations on Calonne's Letter Concerning American Trade, [ca. 3 July 1787]	539
From the Abbé Morellet, [3 July 1787]	542
From André Pepin, 3 July 1787	543
To André Pepin, 3 July 1787	543
To Thomas Barclay, 4 July 1787	544
[From Clesle, 4 July 1787]	545
To Feger, Gramont & Cie., 4 July 1787	545
From Lanchon Frères & Cie., 4 July 1787	546
To André Limozin, 4 July 1787	546
[From Parent, 4 July 1787]	546
To Hérault, 5 July 1787	547
John Jay to William Short, 5 July 1787	549
To Villedeuil, 5 July 1787	550
From Abigail Adams, 6 July 1787	550
From Thomas Barclay, 6 July 1787	552
To Dr. Lambert, 6 July 1787	552
To Miguel de Lardizábel y Uribe, with Enclosure, 6 July 1787	553
To Lormerie, 6 July 1787	554
To Robert Montgomery, 6 July 1787	555
To G. Pin, 6 July 1787	555
From Andrew Ramsay, 6 July 1787	556
To Thomas Mann Randolph, Jr., 6 July 1787	556
To G. A. Auckler, 7 July 1787	559
[To Guillaume Delahaye, 7 July 1787]	559
To Pierre Poinsot des Essarts, 7 July 1787	559
From Thomas Barclay, 8 July 1787	560
From Francis Hopkinson, 8 July 1787	561
From William Macarty, 8 July 1787	563
To the Abbé d'Arnal, 9 July 1787	563
From William Carmichael, 9 July 1787	565
From Maria Cosway, 9 July 1787	567
From Madame de Corny, 9 July 1787	569
To Jan Ingenhousz, 9 July 1787	570
To Lanchon Frères & Cie., 9 July 1787	571
From Wilt, Delmestre & Cie., 9 July 1787	571
To Abigail Adams, 10 July 1787	572
From Abigail Adams, with List of Purchases for Mary Jefferson, 10 July 1787	572
From John Adams, 10 July 1787	575
From Blumendorf, 10 July 1787	575
From C. W. F. Dumas, 10 July 1787	576
From John Stockdale, 10 July 1787	576
From John Trumbull, 10 July 1787	578
From Nathaniel Barrett, 11 July 1787	578
From Richard Claiborne, 11 July 1787	579
From Abigail Adams Smith, 11 July 1787	580
From C. W. F. Dumas, 12 July 1787	581
From Ladevese, 12 July 1787	582
Thomas Barclay to the American Commissioners, 13 July 1787	582
[From John Stockdale, 13 July 1787]	584
From Thomas Barclay, [14 July 1787]	584
From Gaudenzio Clerici, 14 July 1787	585
From Feger, Gramont & Cie., 14 July 1787	587
To Edward Rutledge, 14 July 1787	587
From Frederick Soffer, 14 July 1787	589
To Wilt, Delmestre & Cie., 14 July 1787	589
Notes on the Rice Trade Supplied by Jean Jacques Bérard & Cie., [15 July 1787]	590
To Abigail Adams, 16 July 1787	592
From Thomas Barclay, 16 July 1787	593
From Joseph Fenwick, 16 July 1787	594
To John Trumbull, 16 July 1787	594
To John Adams, 17 July 1787	595
From John Bondfield, 17 July 1787	596
To La Boullaye, 17 July 1787	596
From Dr. Lambert, 17 July 1787	596
To André Limozin, 17 July 1787	597
To John Stockdale, 17 July 1787	597
To John Trumbull, 17 July 1787	598
To Adam Walker, 17 July 1787	599
To La Boullaye, 18 July 1787	599
From James Madison, 18 July 1787	600
From Burrill Carnes, 19 July 1787	601
From Guillaume Delahaye, 20 July 1787	603
From Langlade, 20 July 1787	604
From André Limozin, 20 July 1787	604
To Stephen Cathalan, Jr., 21 July 1787	605
To Joseph Fenwick, 21 July 1787	606
From R. & A. Garvey, 21 July 1787	607
From Ferdinand Grand, 21 July 1787	607
To William Macarty, 21 July 1787	608
To Parent, 21 July 1787	608
To Ferdinand Grand, 22 July 1787	609
To the Rhode Island Delegates in Congress, 22 July 1787	609
To John Adams, 23 July 1787	610
To Mary Jefferson Bolling, 23 July 1787	612
To H. Fizeaux & Cie., 23 July 1787	613
To Ladevese, 23 July 1787	613
To Montmorin, 23 July 1787	614
To Abigail Adams Smith, 23 July 1787	618
From John Jay, 24 July 1787	618
From Robert Montgomery, 24 July 1787	620
To Moustier, 24 July 1787	621
From Moustier, 24 July 1787	622
From the Abbé de Reymond de St. Maurice, 24 July 1787	622
To Martha Jefferson Carr, 25 July 1787	623
From Mantel Duchoqueltz, 25 July 1787	624
To John Stockdale, 25 July 1787	624
To Nathaniel Barrett, 26 July 1787	625
[From John Sandford Dart, 26 July 1787]	625
From Thomas Barclay, 27 July 1787	625
From John Jay, with Enclosure, 27 July 1787	627
From John Jay, 27 July 1787	629
From André Limozin, 27 July 1787	629
From James Monroe, 27 July 1787	630
To John Adams, 28 July 1787	632
To Alexander Donald, 28 July 1787	632
To Elizabeth Wayles Eppes, 28 July 1787	634
To John Wayles Eppes, 28 July 1787	635
To Henry Skipwith, 28 July 1787	635
To La Boullaye, 29 July 1787	637
From John Ledyard, 29 July 1787	637
To Nicholas Lewis, 29 July 1787	639
To André Limozin, 29 July 1787	642
[From St. Victour, 29 July 1787]	643
From Thomas Barclay, 30 July 1787	643
To William Drayton, 30 July 1787	644
To Francis Eppes, 30 July 1787	650
From Parent, 30 July 1787	654
From Mainville, [ca. July 1787]	655
From Madame Oster, [July 1787]	655
To Francis Hopkinson, with Enclosure, 1 August 1787	655
To Ralph Izard, 1 August 1787	659
From André Limozin, 1 August 1787	660
From Abbé Morellet, 1 August [1787]	661
[From Thomas Barclay, 2 August 1787]	662
To James Madison, with Enclosure, 2 August 1787	662
To Thomas Barclay, with Enclosure, 3 August 1787	669
To Thomas Barclay, 3 August 1787	671
From Zachariah Loreilhe, [3] August 1787	671
To Edmund Randolph, 3 August 1787	672
To the Governor of Virginia, 3 August 1787	673
From William Stephens Smith, 3 August 1787	674
From Stael de Holstein, 3 August 1787	675
From John Stockdale, 3 August 1787	676
From Wilt, Delmestre & Cie., 3 August 1787	677
To Edward Carrington, 4 August 1787	678
From Madame de Corny, 4 August 1787	680
To James Currie, 4 August 1787	681
To Benjamin Hawkins, 4 August 1787	683
To William Hay, 4 August 1787	685
To David Ramsay, 4 August 1787	686
To James Monroe, 5 August 1787	687
To the Commissioners of the Treasury, 5 August 1787	689
To Anne Blair Banister, 6 August 1787	691
To John Banister, Sr., 6 August 1787	691
To St. John de Crèvecoeur, 6 August 1787	692
To Benjamin Franklin, 6 August 1787	693
To John Hannum Gibbons, 6 August 1787	693
To John Jay, 6 August 1787	693
To André Limozin, 6 August 1787	700
To John Rutledge, 6 August 1787	700

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30 January 1787

To James Madison

Jefferson declares that “a little rebellion now and then is a good thing” but stresses the importance of maintaining a unity of interests between the eastern and western parts of the United States.

22 February 1787

To Abigail Adams

Jefferson in Paris reacts to news of Shays Rebellion in Massachusetts by declaring “I like a little rebellion now and then.”

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