Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 to Thomas Pinckney

GLC03730

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GLC#
GLC03730
Type
Letters
Date
November 27, 1793
Author/Creator
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
Title
to Thomas Pinckney
Place Written
Germantown
Pagination
2 p. : docket ; Height: 18.9 cm, Width: 26.1 cm
Language
English
Primary time period
The New Nation, 1783-1815
Sub-Era
The Early Republic

The letter talks about the yellow fever epidemic in Philadelphia, negotiations with the Northwest Indians, Citizen Genet, Lafayette, and copper and silver metals for coinage. The federal government moved from Philadelphia to Germantown because of a yellow fever epidemic that lasted through the late summer and autumn. Failure of negotiations with Indian tribes led to the battle of Fallen Timbers in 1794. Jefferson, in his capacity as Secretary of State, had previously requested the recall of Edmond Charles Genêt because of his outrageous behavior as Minister to the United States. In 1792, Lafayette had been declared a traitor by the French National Assembly, had fled, and been imprisoned by the Austrians. Lafayette did not return to France until 1799.

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