In faith whereof, we, Ministers Plenipotentiary, have signed the present
convention, and have thereto set the seal of our arms.
Done at Versailles, the 14th of November, one thousand seven hundred and
eighty eight.
L. C. De MONTMORIN. L. S.
Signed.
Th: Jefferson. L. S.
LETTER CLXVIII.--TO JAMES MADISON, November 18, 1788
TO JAMES MADISON.
Paris, November 18, 1788.
Dear Sir,
My last to you was of the 31st of July; since which, I have received
yours of July the 24th, August the 10th, and 23rd. The first part of
this long silence in me was occasioned by a knowledge that you were
absent from New York; the latter part, by a want of opportunity, which
has been longer than usual. Mr. Shippen being just arrived here, and
to set out to-morrow for London, I avail myself of that channel of
conveyance. Mr. Carrington was so kind as to send me the second volume
of the American Philosophical Transactions, the Federalist, and some
other interesting pamphlets; and I am to thank you for another copy of
the Federalist, and the report of the instructions to the ministers for
negotiating peace.
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