From the best information I can obtain, the King
of England's madness has terminated in an imbecility, which may very
possibly be of long continuance. He is going with his Queen to Germany.
England chained to rest, the other parts of Europe may recover or retain
tranquillity.
I have the honor to be, with great and sincere esteem, Dear Sir, your
most obedient and most humble servant,
Th: Jefferson..
LETTER CXCVIII.--TO JOHN JAY, May 9, 1789
TO JOHN JAY.
Paris, May 9, 1789.
Sir,
Since my letter of March the 1st, by the way of Havre, and those of
March the 12th and 15th, by the way of London, no opportunity of writing
has occurred, till the present to London.
There are no symptoms of accommodation between the Turks and two
empires, nor between Russia and Sweden. The Emperor was, on the 16th of
the last month, expected to die, certainly; he was, however, a little
better when the last news came away, so that hopes were entertained of
him; but it is agreed that he cannot get the better of his complaints
ultimately, so that his life is not at all counted on.
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