egend: 'GEORGIO
WASHINGTON SUPREMO DUCI EXERCITUUM ADSERTORI LIBERTATIS COMITIA
AMERICANA.' On the reverse: Taking possession of Boston. The
American army advances in good order toward the town, which is
seen at a distance, while the British army flies with
precipitation toward the shore, to embark on board the vessels,
with which the harbour is covered. In the front of the American
army appears the general on horseback, in a group of officers,
whom he seems to make observe the flight of the enemy. Legend:
'HOSTIBUS PRIMO FUGATIS.' Exergue: 'BOSTONIUM RECUPERATUM DIE
XVII MARTII, MDCCLXXVI.'"

I think it has the character of simplicity and dignity which is
to be aimed at in a memorial of this kind, which is designed to
transmit the remembrance of a great event to posterity. You
really do not know how much your name is venerated on this side
of the Atlantic.

I have the honour to be, my dear General, your sincere friend and
humble servant,
D. HUMPHREYS.

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_Colonel Humphreys to Thomas Jefferson._

To
Thomas JEFFERSON, Esq., London, January 30, 1786.
Paris.

Dear Sir: Gatteaux, the engraver, lives in the street St. Thomas
du Louvre, opposite the Treasury of the Duke de Chartres.

Now that there is no obstacle to commencing the medal for (p. 007)
General Washington, since Houdon's return, I could wish,
should it not be giving you too much trouble, that you would send
for Duvivier, who lives in the old Louvre, and propose to him
undertaking it upon exactly the terms he had offered, which, I
think, were 2,400 livres, besides the gold and expense of
coinage. If he should not choose it, we must let it rest until
Dupre shall have finished General Greene's. Gatteaux has a paper
on which is the description of General Washington's medal.

I am, Sir, your most obedient and humble servant,
D. HUMPHREYS.

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_Thomas Jefferson to Colonel Humphreys._

To
Colonel HUMPHREYS, Paris, May 7, 1786.
London.

Dear Sir: I have received the books and papers you mention, and
will undertake to have finished what you left undone of the
medals,