Add to this what has been imported since May, suppose nearly
twenty thousand quintals a month, and what has been furnished to the
French islands, which has prevented an equal quantity being exported
from France, and you will have the proportion drawn from us. Observe,
that we have regular and constant markets for our corn and flour in
Spain, Portugal, and all the West India islands, except the French.
These take nearly our whole quantity. This year, France, the French
West Indies, and Canada were added. But a regular course of trade is not
quitted in an instant, nor constant customers deserted for accidental
ones. This is the reason that so small a proportion has come here.
I am, Dear Sir, with great sincerity, your affectionate friend and
servant,
Th: Jefferson.
LETTER CCXV.--TO THE MARQUIS DE LA FAYETTE, July 10, 1789
TO THE MARQUIS DE LA FAYETTE.
Paris, July 10, 1789.
Dear Sir,
The acknowledgment by Monsieur de Mirabeau to the National Assembly,
that he had been in an error as to the offer he supposed me to have
made, and the reading to them my letter, seem to be all that was
requisite for any just purpose.
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