Adams Papers

From Thomas Jefferson to John Adams, 9 December 1791

From Thomas Jefferson

Philadelphia Dec. 9. 1791.

Sir

The inclosed information relative to ransom & peace with the Algerines, being newly come to hand, I take the liberty of communicating it to you, & through you to the Senate.1 it concurs in some facts and opinions with what we had before learnt thro other channels, and differs in some others, so as, on the whole, to leave us still in considerable uncertainty as to interesting points.

I have the honor to be with sentiments of the most perfect respect, Sir, / Your most obedient / & most humble servant

Th: Jefferson

FC (DLC:Jefferson Papers); internal address: “The Vice-President of the U.S. / President of the Senate.”

1. Not found. Jefferson enclosed an extract of William Short’s 24 Aug. letter reporting that Ali Hassan Bashaw, the new dey of Algiers, appeared amenable to ransoming the American captives. The Senate referred the matter to committee and postponed further discussion (Jefferson, Papers description begins The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, ed. Julian P. Boyd, Charles T. Cullen, John Catanzariti, Barbara B. Oberg, James P. McClure, and others, Princeton, N.J., 1950– . description ends , 22:66–72, 383; U.S. Senate, Exec. Jour. description begins Journal of the Executive Proceedings of the Senate of the United States of America, Washington, D.C., 1789– . description ends , 2d Cong., 1st sess., p. 91, 92, 100).

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    From Thomas Jefferson to John Adams, 9 December 1791
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    Jefferson, Thomas
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    Adams, John
    Date
    9 December 1791

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    “From Thomas Jefferson to John Adams, 9 December 1791,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Adams/06-21-02-0057. [Original source: The Adams Papers, Papers of John Adams, vol. 21, March 1791–January 1797, ed. Sara Georgini, Sara Martin, R. M. Barlow, Gwen Fries, Amanda M. Norton, and Hobson Woodward. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2022, p. 84.]

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