I took the liberty of addressing my late work, "Rights of Man" to you ; but though I left it, at that time, to find its way to you, I now request your acceptance of fifty copies, as a token of remembrance to yourself and my friends.
Our very good friend, the Marquis De Lafayette, has intrusted to my care the key of the Bastille, and a drawing handsomely framed, representing the demolition of that detestable prison, as a present to your Excellency
Our very good friend, the Marquis De Lafayette, has intrusted to my care the key of the Bastille, and a drawing handsomely framed, representing the demolition of that detestable prison, as a present to your Excellency
The political hemisphere is again clouded by a dispute between England and Spain ; the circumstances of which you will hear before this letter can arrive.
We have no news here. The definitive treaty and treaty of commerce are long in completing. I suppose the British begin to find out the weak part of America. The imprudent conduct and publications of Rhode Island have, among other things, served to sh
By the advice of Mr. Morris, I presented a letter to Congress expressing a request that they would be pleased to direct me to lay before them an account of what my services, such as they were, and situation, had been during the course of the war.
We have no news here. The definitive treaty and treaty of commerce are long in completing. I suppose the British begin to find out the weak part of America. The imprudent conduct and publications of Rhode Island have, among other things, served to sh
By the advice of Mr. Morris, I presented a letter to Congress expressing a request that they would be pleased to direct me to lay before them an account of what my services, such as they were, and situation, had been during the course of the war.
The political hemisphere is again clouded by a dispute between England and Spain ; the circumstances of which you will hear before this letter can arrive.
