Excellency's most
obedient and most humble servant,
Th: Jefferson.
LETTER XLVIII.--TO JOHN JAY, February 8, 1787
TO JOHN JAY.
Paris, February 8, 1787.
Sir,
The packet being to sail the day after to-morrow, I have awaited the
last possible moment of writing by her, in hopes I might be able
to announce some favorable change in the situation of the Count de
Vergennes. But none has occurred, and in the mean time he has become
weaker by the continuance of his illness. Though not desperately ill, he
is dangerously so. The Comptroller General, M. de Calonne, has been very
ill also, but he is getting well. These circumstances have occasioned
the postponement of the Assemblee des Notables to the 14th instant, and
will probably occasion a further postponement. As I shall set out this
day se'nnight for the waters of Aix, you will probably hear the issue
of the Count de Vergennes illness through some other channel, before I
shall have the honor of addressing you again. I may observe the same as
to the final decision for the enfranchisement of Honfleur, which is in
a fair way of being speedily concluded.
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