Volume 12

7 August 1787 to 31 March 1788

Volume Details

Description

Volume 12 begins in the early part of August 1787 and continues through the end of March 1788, a time when Jefferson, as minister to France, was continuing his persistent efforts not only to secure the enforcement of the favorable trade regulations (especially for tobacco) already conceded to the United States but also to widen their scope to other imports from America.

In this volume, too, are letters from America with reports of the Federal Convention which met in Philadelphia in 1787 and adopted a proposed Constitution for the United States, the ensuing letters between Jefferson and his friends discussing the merits and defects of the proposed plan of government.

During this period, John Adams was arranging for his departure for America and Jefferson prepared to shoulder the responsibility—hitherto carried chiefly by Adams—of the American loans abroad. In order to have the benefit of Adams’ counsel on the subject, Jefferson hastily left Paris and spent most of March conferring with Adams and bankers in Amsterdam on the Dutch loans; these negotiations resulted in arrangements designed to sustain American credit in Europe down to the end of 1790, at which time it was expected that the new government would have become stabilized.

Among Jefferson’s personal but semi-official duties was the entertainment and instruction of young Americans travelling abroad. One of the most promising was Thomas Lee Shippen of Philadelphia, whom Jefferson presented at court. Young Shippen sent home to his father a graphic account of a day spent at Versailles with Jefferson (published in this volume for the first time), in which he wrote: “I observed that although Mr. Jefferson was the plainest man in the room, and the most destitute of ribbands crosses and other insignia of rank that he was most courted and attended to (even by the Courtiers themselves) of the whole Diplomatic corps.”

Jefferson’s personal letters in this volume—to Abigail Adams, Maria Cosway, John Trumbull, William Stephens Smith, Mme. de Bréhan, Peter Carr, Mme. de Corny, and others—present delightful pictures of his family and social life. The volume includes the first letters exchanged with the charming Angelica Schuyler Church, whom Jefferson met in the winter of 1787-1788.

Table of Contents

To Langlade, 7 August 1787	3
To St. Victour, 7 August 1787	3
To Frederick Soffer, 7 August 1787	3
To Stael de Holstein, 7 August 1787	4
To William Frederick Ast, 8 August 1787	5
To John Churchman, 8 August 1787	5
To Richard Claiborne, 8 August 1787	6
To Francis Coffyn, 8 August 1787	6
To R. & A. Garvey, 8 August 1787	7
To Zachariah Loreilhe, 8 August 1787	7
To Benjamin Putnam, 8 August 1787	7
To David Ramsay, 8 August 1787	8
From Viel, 8 August 1787	9
To Burrill Carnes, 9 August 1787	10
To C. W. F. Dumas, 9 August 1787	10
From Ferdinand Grand, 9 August 1787	11
To Jeudy de l'Hommande, 9 August 1787	11
From André Limozin, 9 August 1787	11
To Schweighauser & Dobrée, 9 August 1787	11
To the Commissioners of the Treasury, with Enclosure, 9 August 1787	12
To Peter Carr, with Enclosure, 10 August 1787	14
From Bourdon des Planches, 10 August 1787	19
From André Limozin, 10 August 1787	19
From Vaudreuil, 10 August 1787	20
From Wilt, Delmestre & Cie., 10 August 1787	20
To Thomas Mann Randolph, Sr., 11 August 1787	20
[To Bourdon des Planches, 12 August 1787]	23
To Wilson Miles Cary, 12 August 1787	23
To George Gilmer, 12 August 1787	24
To Lewis Littlepage, 12 August 1787	27
To John Blair, 13 August 1787	27
From Thomas Blanchard, 13 August 1787	28
From John Bondfield, 13 August 1787	28
To Richard Cary, 13 August 1787	39
To the Rev. James Madison, 13 August 1787	30
To Marbois, 13 August 1787	31
To David Humphreys, 14 August 1787	32
To Joseph Jones, 14 August 1787	33
To John Stockdale, 14 August 1787	35
To George Washington, 14 August 1787	36
To Gaudenzio Clerici, 15 August 1787	38
To John Jay, 15 August 1787	39
To James Madison, 15 August 1787	40
To John Sullivan, 15 August 1787	41
To Francis dal Verme, 15 August 1787	42
From Anthony Vieyra, 15 August 1787	43
From Francis Coffyn, 17 August 1787	44
From Thomas Paine, 18 August 1787	45
To William Frederick Ast, 19 August 1787	45
From André Limozin, 19 August 1787	46
[From James Madison, 19 August 1787]	47
[From Percey, 20 August 1787]	47
From Adam Walker, 20 August 1787	47
To the Georgia Delegates in Congress, 21 August 1787	49
From St. Victour, 21 August 1787	49
From William Carmichael, 22 August 1787	50
From Burrill Carnes, 23 August 1787	52
From Madame de Colmare, [23 August 1787]	52
To Madame de Colmare, 23 August 1787	53
[From Le Pommereux, 23 August 1787]	53
From R. & A. Garvey, 24 August 1787	53
From André Limozin, 24 August 1787	54
From Valade, 24 August 1787	54
From John Adams, 25 August 1787	55
From Thomas Blake, Jr., 25 August 1787	56
From Jonathan Jones, 25 August 1787	57
From Robert Montgomery, 25 August 1787	57
From Abbé de Reymond de St. Maurice, 26 August 1787	58
From Lafayette, 27 August 1787	59
From John Trumbull, 28 August 1787	60
From Madame de Colmare, 29 August 1787	61
To Madame de Colmare, 29 August 1787	61
To the Editor of the Journal de Paris, 29 August 1787	61
To Abigail Adams, 30 August 1787	65
To John Adams, 30 August 1787	66
To John Trumbull, 30 August 1787	69
From François Baudin, 31 August 1787	70
To André Limozin, 31 August 1787	70
From André Limozin, 31 August 1787	71
To William Stephens Smith, 31 August 1787	71
From John Stockdale, 31 August 1787	73
To Moustier, [1 September 1787]	74
From Madame de Bréhan, [ca. September 1787?]	75
To André Limozin, 2 September 1787	75
Documents on the American Tobacco Trade, Editorial Note, [ca. 3 September 1787]	76
I. Jean Jacques Bérard & Cie. to the Farmers-General, 14 July 1787	78
II. Bérard's Observations on the Tobacco Trade, [ca. 3 September 1787]	82
III. Further Observations on the Tobacco Trade, [ca. October 1787]	91
[From Tench Coxe, 3 September 1787]	93
From Fanny Delagarde, 3 September 1787	93
To Fanny Delagarde, 3 September 1787	94
To R. & A. Garvey, 3 September 1787	95
From John Paul Jones, 4 September 1787	95
From C. W. F. Dumas, 5 September 1787	98
From John Adams, 6 September 1787	98
From William Carmichael, 6 September 1787	99
From William Gordon, 6 September 1787	101
From James Madison, 6 September 1787	102
From André Limozin, 7 September 1787	104
From Anthony Gerna, [8 September 1787]	104
From John Jay, 8 September 1787	105
To Montmorin, 8 September 1787	106
To Thomas Blake, Jr., 9 September 1787	107
To Thomas Blanchard, 9 September 1787	108
To John Bondfield, 9 September 1787	108
To Burrill Carnes, 9 September 1787	109
To André Limozin, 9 September 1787	110
To Zachariah Loreilhe, 9 September 1787	111
From Abigail Adams, 10 September 1787	111
From William Duer, 10 September 1787	113
To C. W. F. Dumas, 10 September 1787	113
To John van Heukelom & Son, 10 September 1787	114
To Jonathan Jones, 10 September 1787	114
To Robert Montgomery, 10 September 1787	115
To John Stockdale, 10 September 1787	115
To Vaudreuil, 10 September 1787	116
To Anthony Vieyra, 10 September 1787	116
From John Bondfield, 11 September 1787	117
From Jean François Lesparat, 11 September 1787	118
From Bouébe, 12 September 1787	119
From Fanny Delagarde, 13 September 1787	119
From Boutin, 14 September 1787	120
From Le Mesurier & Cie., 14 September 1787	121
To Francisco Chiappe, 15 September 1787	121
From Malesherbes, 15 September 1787	123
To Willink & Van Staphorst, 15 September 1787	123
From John Adams, 16 September 1787	124
From Madame Plumard de Bellanger, with Enclosure, 16 September 1787	124
To J. P. P. Derieux, 16 September 1787	125
To J. P. P. Derieux, 16 September 1787	126
To George Wythe, with Enclosure, 16 September 1787	127
Enclosure: Contents of the box marked G.W., 16 September 1787	129
To Thomas Barclay, 17 September 1787	130
From Burrill Carnes, 17 September 1787	131
From Stephen Cathalan, Jr., 17 September 1787	131
To Alexander Donald, 17 September 1787	132
To Nicholas Lewis, 17 September 1787	134
To James Madison, 17 September 1787	136
From John Trumbull, 17 September 1787	138
To Mantel Duchoqueltz, 18 September 1787	140
To Francis Hopkinson, 18 September 1787	140
From Lafayette, with Enclosure, 18 September 1787	140
Enclosure: Lafayette to Lambert, 10 September 1787	141
To John Langdon, 18 September 1787	143
To David Rittenhouse, 18 September 1787	144
From William Stephens Smith, 18 September 1787	145
From William Stephens Smith, 18 September 1787	148
To the South Carolina Delegates in Congress, 18 September 1787	148
To the Commissioners of the Treasury, 18 September 1787	149
From George Washington, 18 September 1787	149
From Mary Barclay, 19 September 1787	150
To John Jay, 19 September 1787	150
To François Baudin, 20 September 1787	155
To Madame Plumard de Bellanger, [20 September 1787]	155
From André Limozin, 20 September 1787	156
To Le Mesurier & Cie., 20 September 1787	158
To Charles Thomson, 20 September 1787	159
From John Bondfield, 21 September 1787	161
To André Limozin, 21 September 1787	162
From Montmorin, with Enclosure, 21 September 1787	162
Enclosure: Copie de la lettre de Mr. Lambert á Mr. le Comte de Montmorin, 6 September 1787	162
From John Stockdale, 21 September 1787	163
[From Bouébe, 22 September 1787]	164
To Burrill Carnes, 22 September 1787	164
To John Jay, 22 September 1787	165
To John Jay, 22 September 1787	166
To André Limozin, 22 September 1787	167
To André Limozin, 22 September 1787	167
From Zachariah Loreilhe, 22 September 1787	168
From C. W. F. Dumas, 23 September 1787	168
From André Limozin, 23 September 1787	169
To La Boullaye, 24 September 1787	170
To John Jay, 24 September 1787	171
To André Limozin, 24 September 1787	171
From André Limozin, 24 September 1787	171
From Willink & Van Staphorst, 24 September 1787	172
To William Carmichael, 25 September 1787	172
From André Limozin, 25 September 1787	179
From Richard O'Bryen, 25 September 1787	180
From Louis Guillaume Otto, 25 September 1787	185
From André Limozin, [26 September 1787]	185
From George Washington, 26 September 1787	186
From D'Aranda, [ca. 27 September 1787]	186
To D'Aranda, 27 September 1787	186
From D'Aranda, 27 September 1787	187
From John Banister, Jr., 27 September 1787	187
From Madame Oster, 27 September 1787	188
To Jean Vautelet, 27 September 1787	188
To John Adams, 28 September 1787	189
From Burrill Carnes, 28 September 1787	191
From C. W. F. Dumas, [28 September 1787]	191
From Jan Ingenhousz, 28 September 1787	191
From Moustier, 28 September 1787	192
To William Stephens Smith, 28 September 1787	192
From C. W. F. Dumas, 29 September 1787	193
To Ferdinand Grand, 30 September 1787	194
To Buffon, 1 October 1787	194
To L. J. M. Daubenton, 1 October 1787	195
[From Jean Vautelet, 1 [October] 1787]	196
To Willink & Van Staphorst, 1 October 1787	196
To Bouébe, 2 October 1787	196
From Richard Claiborne, 2 October 1787	197
From L. J. M. Daubenton, 2 October 1787	197
To Theresa Murphy, 2 October 1787	197
From Stephen Cathalan, Jr., 3 October 1787	198
From Stephen Cathalan, Sr., [3 October 1787]	198
To C. W. F. Dumas, 3 October 1787	199
To Abigail Adams, 4 October 1787	201
From Fantin Latour, 4 October 1787	202
To the Governor of South Carolina, 4 October 1787	204
From William Stephens Smith, 4 October 1787	204
To John Trumbull, 4 October 1787	206
From Stephen Cathalan, Jr., [5 October 1787]	207
To John Sullivan, 5 October 1787	208
To the Agents for the United States in France, 5 October 1787	209
From Nathaniel Barrett, 6 October 1787	210
From John Bondfield, 6 October 1787	210
To Pierre Samuel Dupont, 6 October 1787	211
To Victor Dupont, 6 October 1787	212
To Robert R. Livingston, 6 October 1787	213
From André Limozin, [7 October 1787]	213
To Nathaniel Barrett, 8 October 1787	214
To John Jay, 8 October 1787	214
To John Jay, 8 October 1787	217
To James Madison, 8 October 1787	218
From William Stephens Smith, 8 October 1787	220
From John Adams, 9 October 1787	220
To Madame de Bréhan, 9 October 1787	222
From Burrill Carnes, [ca. 9 October 1787]	222
From Francis Coffyn, 9 October 1787	222
To Fantin Latour, 9 October 1787	223
To André Limozin, 9 October 1787	223
To Zachariah Loreilhe, 9 October 1787	224
To Moustier, 9 October 1787	224
From Moustier, 9 October 1787	225
To Edward Rutledge, 9 October 1787	225
From John Bondfield, 10 October 1787	226
From Cavalier, 10 October 1787	226
From Dr. Lambert, 10 October 1787	226
To John Stockdale, 10 October 1787	227
From Guiraud & Portas, 11 October 1787	228
[William Lewis to Thomas Lee Shippen, 11 October 1787]	228
From André Limozin, 11 October 1787	234
To John Trumbull, 11 October 1787	235
From John Bondfield, 12 October 1787	235
From David Bushnell, [13] October 1787 [redated from October 1787]	303
From Le Mesurier & Cie., 13 October 1787	236
From Benjamin Franklin, 14 October 1787	236
From André Limozin, 14 October 1787	237
From André Limozin, [14 October 1787]	237
From William Carmichael, 15 October 1787	238
From Fernán-Nuñez, 15 October 1787	242
From Robert Montgomery, 15 October 1787	242
From William Stephens Smith, 15 October 1787	243
To Madame Townsend, 15 October 1787	243
From André Limozin, 16 October 1787	244
To André Limozin, 17 October 1787	244
To Philip Mazzei, 17 October 1787	245
To Madame de Tessé, 17 October 1787	245
[To André Thouin, 17 October 1787]	246
To Madame de Corny, 18 October 1787	246
From Madame de Tessé, 18 October 1787	247
From Moustier, 19 October 1787	247
From John Bondfield, 20 October 1787	248
To Guiraud & Portas, 20 October 1787	249
From Ralph Izard, 20 October 1787	249
From André Limozin, 20 October 1787	250
To Martin Oster, 20 October 1787	251
From Madame de Bréhan, 22 October 1787	251
From Edward Carrington, 23 October 1787	252
From Edward Carrington, 23 October 1787	252
From C. W. F. Dumas, 23 October 1787	257
From Fremyn de Fontenille, 23 October 1787	258
From Lambert to La Boullaye, 23 October 1787	259
From Abbé Morellet, 23 October 1787	262
From Edward Rutledge, 23 October 1787	263
To Fremyn de Fontenille, 24 October 1787	265
From John Jay, 24 October 1787	265
From John Jay, 24 October 1787	268
From John Paul Jones, 24 October 1787	269
From James Madison, 24 October 1787	270
To Abbé Morellet, 24 October 1787	286
From John Rutledge, 24 October 1787	287
From Lacépède, 25 October 1787	287
From James Maury, 25 October 1787	288
[From Richard O'Bryen, 25 October 1787]	288
From Zaccheus Coffin, 26 October 1787	288
From C. W. F. Dumas, 26 October 1787	289
From William Stephens Smith, 26 October 1787	289
From Le Mau de L'Ecossay, 27 October 1787	290
From John Adams, 28 October 1787	291
To John Jay, 2[8] October 1787	293
To André Limozin and Others, 28 October 1787	294
To Moustier, 2[8] October 1787	294
From Christopher Gadsden, 29 October 1787	295
From John Trumbull, 30 October 1787	297
From Wernecke, 30 October 1787	298
From Brailsford & Morris, 31 October 1787	298
[From David Bushnell, October 1787 – document redated to [13] October 1787]	303
From Salmour, [October 1787?]	305
[From André Thouin, 1 November 1787]	305
From André Limozin, 2 November 1787	305
From Moustier, 2 November 1787	306
To John Sullivan, 2 November 1787	307
From John Trumbull, 2 November 1787	307
To Mary Barclay, 3 November 1787	308
From Madame de Bréhan, 3 November 1787	308
To John Jay, 3 November 1787	309
To John Jay, 3 November 1787	314
From John Jay, 3 November 1787	316
From La Blancherie, 3 November 1787	317
To Lambert, 3 November 1787	318
From John Lowell, 3 November 1787	318
From Moustier, 3 November 1787	319
[From Anne Randolph, 3 November 1787] Printed in Vol. 15:638 Supplement	319
From Beaufort, 4 November 1787	320
From Stephen Cathalan, Sr., 4 November 1787	320
From John Brown Cutting, 4 November 1787	321
To R. & A. Garvey, 4 November 1787	323
From William Carmichael, 5 November 1787	323
To Pierre Samuel Dupont, [before 5 November 1787]	325
From Pierre Samuel Dupont, 5 November 1787	325
From R. & A. Garvey, 5 November 1787	327
[From Lafayette, 5? November 1787]	327
From Madame Townsend, 5 November 1787	327
From Pierre Samuel Dupont, 6 November 1787	328
To Pierre Samuel Dupont, [6 November 1787]	328
To Madame Townsend, 6 November 1787	329
To John Jay, 7 November 1787	330
From Madame Townsend, 7 November 1787	330
To Madame Townsend, 7 November 1787	331
From St. John de Crèvecoeur, 9 November 1787	332
To La Blancherie, 9 November 1787	333
From André Limozin, 9 November 1787	334
From Lewis Littlepage, 9 November 1787	334
From John Adams, 10 November 1787	334
From Edward Carrington, 10 November 1787	335
From R. & A. Garvey, 10 November 1787	337
From Ralph Izard, 10 November 1787	338
From John Rutledge, Jr., 10 November 1787	340
From the Commissioners of the Treasury, 10 November 1787	341
From Mary Barclay, [11 November 1787]	343
To Ferdinand Grand, 11 November 1787	343
From La Blancherie, 11 November 1787	344
From Alexander Donald, 12 November 1787	345
From Jean Antoine Houden, 12 November 1787	348
From La Boullaye, 12 November 1787	348
To John Rutledge, Jr., 12 November 1787	349
To John Adams, 13 November 1787	349
To John Bondfield, 13 November 1787	351
To Stephen Cathalan, Sr., 13 November 1787	352
To Dr. Lambert, 13 November 1787	353
To André Limozin, 13 November 1787	354
To James Maury, 13 November 1787	354
To William Stephens Smith, 13 November 1787	355
From Madame Townsend, 13 November 1787	357
From the Commissioners of the Treasury, 13 November 1787	357
To John Trumbull, 13 November 1787	358
From Jacob Vernes, 13 November 1787	359
From American Captains and Masters of Vessels at L'Orient, 14 November 1787	359
To C. W. F. Dumas, 14 November 1787	359
From C. W. F. Dumas, 14 November 1787	360
[From Honnoré, 14 November 1787]	360
To Wernecke, 14 November 1787	360
From William Carmichael, 15 November 1787	361
To R. & A. Garvey, 15 November 1787	366
To Lambert, 15 November 1787	366
From R. & A. Garvey, 17 November 1787	366
From André Limozin, 18 November 1787	367
From Lauzier, 19 November 1787	370
From André Limozin, 19 November 1787	370
From Thomas Mann Randolph, Sr., 19 November 1787	370
From William Frederick Ast, 20 November 1787	371
From Aaron Stephenson, 20 November 1787	372
From Stephen Cathalan, Sr., 21 November 1787	373
To R. & A. Garvey, 21 November 1787	374
From John Churchman, 22 November 1787	374
From Dubosq, 22 November 1787	375
From C. W. F. Dumas, 22 November 1787	376
To Lauzier, 22 November 1787	376
From Lucy Ludwell Paradise, 22 November 1787	377
From J. David Divoux, 23 November 1787	377
From Lanchon Frères & Cie., 23 November 1787	378
From Zachariah Loreilhe, 23 November 1787	378
To Mary Barclay, 24 November 1787	379
From Joseph Barrell, 24 November 1787	379
From Anthony Garvey, 24 November 1787	379
From William Drayton, 25 November 1787	380
From Brizard, 26 November 1787	382
From C. W. F. Dumas, 27 November 1787	382
From Joseph Fenwick, 27 November 1787	384
To Anthony Garvey, 29 November 1787	384
[From Thomas Barclay, 30 November 1787]	385
From John Bondfield, 30 November 1787	385
From C. W. F. Dumas, 30 November 1787	386
[From Jarnac, 30 November 1787] Printed in Vol. 27:760 Supplement	386
From Maria Cosway, [1 December? 1787]	387
To Willink & Van Staphorst, 1 December 1787	387
To Stephen Cathalan, Sr., 2 December 1787	388
From C. W. F. Dumas, 2 December 1787	388
From James Maury, 2 December 1787	389
[From Martha Jefferson Carr, 3 December 1787] Printed in Vol. 15:639 Supplement	390
From William Stephens Smith, 3 December 1787	390
To Brizard, 4 December 1787	392
From Clérisseau, 4 December 1787	393
From Du Bois, 4 December 1787	393
To Du Bois, 4 December 1787	393
From C. W. F. Dumas, 4 December 1787	394
From Abigail Adams, 5 December 1787	394
From William Shippen, 5 December 1787	395
From the Commissioners of the Treasury, 5 December 1787	395
From John Adams, 6 December 1787	396
[From John Adams, 6 December 1787]	397
From H. Fizeaux & Cie., 6 [December] 1787	397
To Montmorin, with Enclosure, 6 December 1787	398
From William Stephens Smith, 6 December 1787	401
From Nathaniel Barrett, 7 December 1787	401
From Berenger de Beaufain, 7 December 1787	402
From Maria Cosway, [7 December 1787]	403
To Lambert, 7 December 1787	403
From John Trumbull, 7 December 1787	405
From Carra, 8 December 1787	406
To C. W. F. Dumas, 9 December 1787	406
From John Lowell, 9 December 1787	408
From James Madison, 9 December 1787	408
From John Adams, 10 December 1787	413
From Peter Carr, 10 December 1787	414
From Maria Cosway, 10 December [1787]	415
From James Jarvis, 10 December 1787	415
From Uriah Forrest, 11 December 1787	416
From Abigail Adams, 12 December 1787	417
To John Adams, 12 December 1787	417
[From Henry Remsen, Jr., 12 December 1787]	418
To La Boullaye, 13 December 1787	418
To Carra, 13 December 1787	420
To H. Fizeaux & Cie., 13 December 1787	420
[From H. Fizeaux & Cie., 13 December 1787]	421
To Nicholas van Staphorst, 13 December 1787	421
To Willink & Van Staphorst, 13 December 1787	422
From Francis Hopkinson, 14 December 1787	423
To William Carmichael, 15 December 1787	423
From Alexander Donald, 15 December 1787	427
To John Adams, 16 December 1787	429
From Eugène MacCarthy, 16 December 1787	430
To De Corny, 17 December 1787	430
To Parent, 17 December 1787	431
From John Adams, 18 December 1787	431
From François Baudin, 18 December 1787	432
To Berenger de Beaufain, 18 December 1787	433
To John Bondfield, 18 December 1787	434
To D'Yquem, 18 December 1787	435
From C. W. F. Dumas, 18 December 1787	435
[From Uriah Forrest, 18 December 1787]	436
[From Harrison, 18 December 1787]	436
From André Limozin, 18 December 1787	436
From André Limozin, 18 December 1787	436
From Stephen Cathalan, Sr., 19 December 1787	437
From John Paul Jones, [ca. 19 December 1787]	438
[From Ferdinand Grand, 20 December 1787]	438
[From John Langdon, 20 December 1787]	438
To James Madison, 20 December 1787	438
From James Madison, 20 December 1787	443
To Edward Carrington, 21 December 1787	445
To John Jay, 21 December 1787	447
From La Boullaye, 22 December 1787	449
From La Platière, 22 December 1787	450
To André Limozin, 22 December 1787	450
To Quesnay de Beaurepaire, 22 December 1787	452
From George Gilmer, 23 December 1787	452
[From John Paul Jones, 24 December 1787]	454
From André Limozin, 24 December 1787	454
From Parent, 24 December 1787	455
From Nicolas & Jacob van Staphorst, 24 December 1787	456
From Willink & Van Staphorst, 24 December 1787	457
From John Adams, 25 December 1787	458
From Maria Cosway, 25 December [1787]	459
From Lafayette, [25? December 1787]	460
From John Rutledge, 25 December 1787	461
To John Paul Jones, 26 December 1787	462
From Giuseppe Chiappe, 27 December 1787	462
To H. Fizeaux & Cie., 27 December 1787	463
To La Platière, 27 December 1787	463
To Stephen Cathalan, Jr., 28 December 1787	464
From Lanchon Frères & Cie., 28 December 1787	465
From André Limozin, 28 December 1787	465
To Parent, 28 December 1787	465
From Robert Shewell, 28 December 1787	466
From Lambert, with Enclosure, 29 December 1787	466
From Brissot de Warville, 30 December 1787	471
To H. Fizeaux & Cie., 30 December 1787	471
To the Commissioners of the Treasury, 30 December 1787	472
To Willink & Van Staphorst, 30 December 1787	473
To John Adams, 31 December 1787	474
[To the Agents for the United States in France, 31 December 1787]	475
From Burrill Carnes, [before 31 December 1787]	475
From Burrill Carnes, [ca. 31 December 1787]	475
To Uriah Forrest, with Enclosure, 31 December 1787	475
To John Jay, 31 December 1787	479
To André Limozin, 31 December 1787	483
From Abbé Morellet, 31 December 1787	484
To William Stephens Smith, 31 December 1787	484
From Willink & Van Staphorst, 31 December 1787	485
From Madame d'Anjouer, [1787?]	485
From Jacques Finck, [1787?]	485
From Alexander Donald, 1 January 1788	486
William Short to John Jay, 1 January 1788	487
To John Stockdale, 1 January 1788	488
From George Washington, 1 January 1788	488
From Nathaniel Barrett, 2 January 1788	491
To André Limozin, 2 January 1788	492
From John Rutledge, Jr., 2 January 1788	492
To G. Boutelier, Père & Fils, 3 January 1788	492
To Burrill Carnes, 3 January 1788	493
To Lambert, 3 January 1788	493
From André Limozin, 3 January 1788	494
To Eugène MacCarthy, 3 January 1788	494
To Thomas Newell, 3 January 1788	495
To Nicolas & Jacob van Staphorst, 3 January 1788	495
From André Limozin, 4 January 1788	496
From Hogguer, Grand & Cie., 5 January 1788	496
From André Limozin, 5 January 1788	497
To Burrill Carnes, 6 January 1788	497
From Elizabeth Wayles Eppes, 6 January 1788	497
To William Macarty, 6 January 1788	498
From Quesnay de Beaurepaire, 6 January 1788	498
To Quesnay de Beaurepaire, 6 January 1788	499
To Robert Shewell, 6 January 1788	500
From Francis Coffyn, 7 January 1788	500
From Lur-Saluces, 7 January 1788	500
From William Stephens Smith, 9 January 1788	501
From Brailsford & Morris, 10 January 1788	505
From Le Roy, 10 January 1788	505
From André Limozin, 10 January 1788	506
From Willink & Van Staphorst, 10 January 1788	506
From André Limozin, 11 January 1788	506
To John Adams, 13 January 1788	506
From Mary Barclay, 13 January 1788	507
To William Drayton, 13 January 1788	507
To Hogguer, Grand & Cie., 13 January 1788	508
To André Limozin, 13 January 1788	509
To the South Carolina Delegates in Congress, 13 January 1788	509
From Jacob van Staphorst, 13 January 1788	510
To Willink & Van Staphorst, 13 January 1788	510
From William Macarty, 14 January 1788	511
From William Macarty, 14 January 1788	512
From Wilt, Delmestre & Cie., 14 January 1788	513
From John Bondfield, 15 January 1788	514
From Burrill Carnes, 15 January 1788	515
From De Grasse, 15 January 1788	516
From Parent, 16 January 1788	516
From William Stephens Smith, 16 January 1788	517
To John Stockdale, 16 January 1788	518
From Robert Walker, 16 [January?] 1788	518
From William Franklin, 18 January 1788	519
To De Grasse, 18 January 1788	519
From Eugène MacCarthy, 18 January 1788	520
From Maupin, 18 January 1788	520
From De Grasse, 19 January 1788	521
To De Grasse, 19 January 1788	521
From André Limozin, 19 January 1788	522
To William Macarty, 19 January 1788	522
To Wilt, Delmestre & Cie., 19 January 1788	523
From Blome, 20 January [1788]	523
From Johann Ludwig de Unger, 20 January 1788	523
To Bernstorff, 21 January 1788	525
From J. Louis Brethoux, 21 January 1788	526
From William Macarty, 21 January 1788	527
To André Limozin, 22 January 1788	527
To Joseph-Léonard Poirey, 22 January 1788	529
From Jan Ingenhousz, with Note by Jefferson, 23 January 1788	529
From Sarsfield, [before 23 January 1788]	530
From Sarsfield, 23 January 1788	531
To John Paul Jones, 24 January 1788	531
From André Limozin, 24 January 1788	532
From Stephen Cathalan, Jr., 25 January 1788	534
From William Macarty, 25 January 1788	535
To Montmorin, 26 January 1788	536
From J. P. P. Derieux, 28 January 1788	536
[From Pelegrino de Mamo, 28 January 1788]	539
From William Carmichael, 29 January 1788	539
From John Adams, 31 January 1788	539
[From John Banister, Sr., 31 January 1788]	539
To Maria Cosway, [31] January [1788]	539
To Elie Lefebvre Frères, 31 January 1788	541
From James Swan, 31 January 1788	541
From Nicolas & Jacob van Staphorst, 31 January 1788	542
From Willink & Van Staphorst, with Enclosures, 31 January 1788	543
Memoranda Concerning Algiers, [ca. January 1788]	549
From Madame de Corny, [ca. January 1788?]	551
To William Carmichael, 1 February 1788	552
From Anthony Garvey, 1 February 1788	552
From André Limozin, 1 February 1788	552
To Abigail Adams, with Enclosure, 2 February 1788	553
From Samuel Blackden, 2 February 1788	554
From Gaudenzio Clerici, 2 February 1788	555
To John Rutledge, Jr., 2 February 1788	556
To William Stephens Smith, with Enclosure, 2 February 1788	557
From Parent, 3 February 1788	560
From Elie Lefebvre Frères, 4 February 1788	560
From Collow Frères, Carmichael & Co., 5 February 1788	561
From C. W. F. Dumas, 5 February 1788	562
To John Jay, 5 February 1788	563
From Zachariah Loreilhe, 5 February 1788	565
To John Adams, 6 February 1788	566
To William Drayton, 6 February 1788	567
To Henry Knox, 6 February 1788	567
To André Limozin, 6 February 1788	568
To James Madison, 6 February 1788	568
To Alexander Donald, 7 February 1788	570
To the Georgia Delegates in Congress, 7 February 1788	572
To the Commissioners of the Treasury, 7 February 1788	573
To André Limozin, 8 February 1788	575
To William Frederick Ast, 9 February 1788	575
To William Franklin, 9 February 1788	575
To Anthony Garvey, 9 February 1788	576
To James Swan, 9 February 1788	576
From André Limozin, 10 February 1788	577
From Brissot de Warville, 10 February 1788	577
To Brissot de Warville, 11 February 1788	577
From Brissot de Warville, 11 February 1788	578
From Jean Nicolas Démeunier, 11 February 1788	578
From Lambert, 11 February 1788	580
From John Adams, 12 February 1788	581
To Samuel Blackden, 12 February 1788	582
To C. W. F. Dumas, 12 February 1788	583
From C. W. F. Dumas, 12 February 1788	585
From La Vingtrie, [before 12 February 1788]	585
To La Vingtrie, 12 February 1788	586
To Zachariah Loreilhe, 12 February 1788	587
From Francis dal Verme, 12 February 1788	587
From Moustier, 13 February 1788	589
[From Angenend, 14 February 1788]	591
To André Limozin, 14 February 1788	591
From Bertrand, 15 February 1788	592
To Collow Frères, Carmichael & Co., 15 February 1788	593
To Jean Nicolas Démeunier, 15 February 1788	593
To Alexander Donald, 15 February 1788	594
To Pierre Samuel Dupont, 15 February [1788]	595
From Benjamin Franklin, 15 February 1788	596
To André Thouin, 15 February 1788	596
Memoranda for John Trumbull, [ca. 15 February 1788]	597
To Schweighauser & Dobrée, 16 February 1788	598
To Johann Ludwig de Unger, 16 February 1788	599
From Simon Bérard, 17 [February 1788]	599
To Angelica Schuyler Church, 17 February 1788	600
From Richard Claiborne, 17 February 1788	601
From André Limozin, 17 February 1788	602
From John Trumbull, [17 February 1788]	603
To Bertrand, 18 February 1788	603
To La Boullaye, 18 February 1788	604
From William Macarty, 18 February 1788	604
From John Rutledge, Jr., 18 February 1788	605
From John Trumbull, 18 February 1788	607
[From Jacob Vernes, 18 February 1788]	607
From James Madison, 19 February 1788	607
From Thomas Paine, 19 February 1788	610
To John Adams, 20 February 1788	611
From James Madison, 20 February 1788	611
To Parent, 20 February 1788	612
From Henry Remsen, Jr., 20 February 1788	612
To John Trumbull, 20 February 1788	612
From Abigail Adams, 21 February 1788	613
To J. Louis Brethoux, 21 February 1788	614
To C. W. F. Dumas, 21 February 1788	614
To André Limozin, 21 February 1788	615
To John Bondfield, 22 February 1788	616
From C. W. F. Dumas, 22 February 1788	616
[From Dr. Lambert, 22 February 1788]	617
To Pichard, 22 February 1788	617
From William Stephens Smith, 22 February 1788	618
From William Stephens Smith, 22 February 1788	620
From John Stockdale, 22 February 1788	621
From John Trumbull, 22 February 1788	622
From Jean-Armand Tronchin, 23 February 1788	623
[From Segond, 25 February 1788]	623
From Willink & Van Staphorst, 25 February 1788	623
From Abigail Adams, 26 February 1788	624
To William Frederick Ast, 26 February 1788	625
To Simon Bérard, 26 February 1788	626
From Giuseppe Chiappe, 26 February 1788	626
To William Macarty, 26 February 1788	627
To Jean-Armand Tronchin, 26 February 1788	627
From John Trumbull, 26 February 1788	629
From André Limozin, 27 February 1788	630
To Lormerie, 27 February 1788	630
To John Rutledge, Jr., 27 February 1788	631
To Thomas Mann Randolph, Jr., 28 February 1788	631
From Capellen, 29 February 1788	632
From William Stephens Smith, 29 February 1788	633
From Lamarque & Fabre, [February 1788]	633
From Charles Bellini, 1 March 1788	634
From Joseph Bernard, 1 March 1788	634
From Madame de Bréhan, 1 March 1788	635
From James Swan, 1 March 1788	636
To John Adams, 2 March 1788	637
To Brack, 2 March 1788	638
To C. W. F. Dumas, 2 March 1788	639
To Montmorin, 2 March 1788	639
To Stephen Cathalan, Jr., 3 March 1788	639
To André Limozin and Others, 3 March 1788	640
From Robert R. Livingston, 3 March 1788	640
To William Macarty, 3 March 1788	640
To Montmorin, 3 March 1788	641
From Abbé Morellet, 3 March 1788	641
From Parent, 3 March 1788	642
To Schweighauser & Dobrée, 3 March 1788	642
To John Trumbull, 3 March 1788	643
From Goldsmith, 4 March 1788	643
From Stephen Cathalan, Sr., 6 March 1788	643
From Francisco Chiappe, 6 March 1788	644
From Giuseppe Chiappe, 6 March 1788	644
From Maria Cosway, 6 March 1788	645
From Montmorim, 6 March 1788	646
From William Short, 6 [March] 1788	646
From John Trumbull, 6 March 1788	647
From John Bondfield, 7 March 1788	648
From John Page, 7 March 1788	650
From David Ramsay, 7 March 1788	654
To Capellen, 8 March 1788	655
To James Madison, 8 March 1788	656
From Angelica Schuyler Church, 9 March 1788	656
From La Blancherie, 9 March 1788	567
From William Short, 9 March 178[8]	567
[From William Frederick Ast, 10 March 1788]	658
From Monfort, 10 March 1788	658
[From Martin Oster, 10 March 1788]	658
To William Short, 10 March 1788	659
From John Paul Jones, 11 March 1788	659
From Collow Frères, Carmichael & Co., 12 March 1788	661
To John Jay, 13 March 1788	661
From Moustier, 13 March 1788	662
To William Short, 13 March 1788	665
From C. W. F. Dumas, 14 March 1788	666
From Lanchon Frères & Cie., 14 March 1788	667
[From Parish and Thomson, 14 March 1788]	667
From William Short, 14 March 1788	667
From [Nicolas?] van Staphorst, [ca. 14 March 1788]	669
From Lucy Paradise Barziza, 15 March 1788	669
From Barziza, 15 March 1788	670
To C. W. F. Dumas, 16 March 1788	670
To John Jay, with Enclosures, 16 March 1788	671
Enclosure I: Summary of Funding Operation Executed by Adams and Jefferson in Amsterdam, March 1788	674
Enclosure II: Extrait de la depeche de Monsieur le comte de Vergennes à Monsieur le Marquis de Verac, 15 March 1786	675
From Brailsford & Morris, 17 March 1788	676
From William Short, 17 March 1788	676
From Peter Carr, 18 March 1788	677
To Van Damme, 18 March 1788	678
From C. W. F. Dumas, 18 March 1788	679
To Geismar, 18 March 1788	680
From John Paul Jones, 18 March 1788	680
William Short to John Jay, 18 March 1788	681
From Collow Frères, Carmichael & Co., 19 March 1788	684
From Collow Frères, Carmichael & Co., 20 March 1788	684
From John Paul Jones, 20 March 1788	685
[From Thomas Mann Randolph, Jr., 20 March 1788]	685
From François Boissel, 21 March 1788	685
To Van Damme, 21 March 1788	687
From La Boullaye, 22 March 1788	687
From Francis Coffyn, 23 March 1788	687
To Van Damme, 23 March 1788	688
From C. W. F. Dumas, 23 March 1788	689
From John Paul Jones, 25 March 1788	690
From La Blancherie, 25 March 1788	690
From Stephen Cathalan, Sr., 26 March 1788	691
From Geismar, 26 March 1788	691
To John Paul Jones, 27 March 1788	692
To André Limozin, 27 March 1788	693
To John Trumbull, 27 March 1788	693
From Bourdon des Planches, 29 March 1788	694
To C. W. F. Dumas, 29 March 1788	695
To William Short, 29 March 1788	696
To the Commissioners of the Treasury, 29 March 1788	698
To Willink & Van Staphorst, 29 March 1788	701
From Madame Duplessy, 31 March 1788	701

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