413
To le Comte de Bernstorff, Minister of Foreign Affairs,
Copenhagen, Jan. 21, 1788 414
To William Rutledge, Feb. 2, 1788 417
To John Adams, Feb. 6, 1788 419
To the Commissioners of the Treasury, Feb. 7, 1788 421
To Doctor Price, Feb. 7, 1788 424
To Alexander Donald, Feb. 7, 1788 425
To Brissot de Warville, Feb. 12, 1788 428
To C. W. F. Dumas, Feb. 12, 1788 429
To Monsieur de Bertrous, Feb. 21, 1788 431
To Monsieur Trouchin, Feb. 26, 1788 432
To John Adams, March 2, 1788 434
To John Jay, March 13, 1788 435
To John Jay, March 16, 1788 436
To C. W. F. Dumas, March 29, 1788 441
To the Commissioners of the Treasury, March 29, 1788 443
To William Short, March 29, 1788 445
To General George Washington, May 2, 1788 447
To James Madison, May 3, 1788 455

[Illustration: David Humphreys
Photogravure from the Original Painting by Herring]

ILLUSTRATIONS.

JEFFERSON AT SIXTY-TWO _Frontispiece_
Photogravure from the Original Crayon Drawing by St. Memin

FACING PAGE

THE FIRST PRAYER IN CONGRESS xx
Photogravure from the Original Painting by T. H. Matteson

DAVID HUMPHREYS xxvi
Photogravure from the Original Painting by Herring

JOHN JAY 366
Photogravure from the Original Painting by Stuart and Trumbull

CORRESPONDENCE.

LETTERS WRITTEN WHILE IN EUROPE.

1784-1789.

JEFFERSON'S WORKS.

LETTERS WRITTEN WHILE IN EUROPE.

1784-1789.

TO GENERAL WASHINGTON.

PARIS, November 14, 1786.

SIR,--The house of Le Coulteux, which for some centuries has been the
wealthiest of this place, has it in contemplation to establish a great
company for the fur trade. They propose that partners intereste