by committing them to the patronage of Colonel Humphreys, I now send
through that channel the laws of the second and third sessions of
Congress, and the newspapers.

I have the honor to be, with great esteem, Sir, your most obedient and
most humble servant,

Th: Jefferson.




LETTER LX.--TO WILLIAM SHORT, April 25, 1791


TO WILLIAM SHORT.

Philadelphia, April 25, 1791.

Dear Sir,

My late letters to you have been of the 8th, 12th, 15th, and

19th of March; yours received and acknowledged, are as follows,

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I consider the consular convention as securing clearly our right to
appoint Consuls in the French colonies. The words '_Etats du roi_'
unquestionably extend to all his dominions. If they had been merely