To the Honorable John Jay.

Name: Writings of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 5 - To the Honorable John Jay.
Author: Thomas Jefferson

PARIS, March 5, 1786.

SIR,—The several commissions to which Congress were pleased to appoint Colonel Humphreys Secretary of Legation, being shortly to expire, and a French packet offering him a convenient passage in the month of April, he proposes to avail himself of that occasion of returning to his own country, and of then presenting his respects and thanks to Congress, as a member of the several commissions with which his office was connected. I think it my duty to bear testimony to his ready, able, and faithful discharge of all its duties; and I beg leave, through you, to present this testimony to Congress, and to assure them that his talents and disposition are such as they may repose themselves on with security, should they think to avail our country of them on any future occasion. I have the honor to be, with the highest respect and esteem, Sir, yours, etc.

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Chicago: Thomas Jefferson, "To the Honorable John Jay.," Writings of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 5 in Thomas Jefferson, the Writings of Jefferson: Monticello Edition, Vol. 5 (Washington, D.C.: Thomas Jefferson Memorial Association, 1904-1905), Pp.287-288 Original Sources, accessed December 2, 2024, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=U7CQG9VLZERACA3.

MLA: Jefferson, Thomas. "To the Honorable John Jay." Writings of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 5, in Thomas Jefferson, the Writings of Jefferson: Monticello Edition, Vol. 5 (Washington, D.C.: Thomas Jefferson Memorial Association, 1904-1905), Pp.287-288, Original Sources. 2 Dec. 2024. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=U7CQG9VLZERACA3.

Harvard: Jefferson, T, 'To the Honorable John Jay.' in Writings of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 5. cited in , Thomas Jefferson, the Writings of Jefferson: Monticello Edition, Vol. 5 (Washington, D.C.: Thomas Jefferson Memorial Association, 1904-1905), Pp.287-288. Original Sources, retrieved 2 December 2024, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=U7CQG9VLZERACA3.