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ITINERARY AND CHRONOLOGY OF THOMAS JEFFERSON 1789–1792 - Thomas Jefferson, The Works, vol. 6 (Correspondence 1789-1792) [1905]

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ITINERARY AND CHRONOLOGY OF THOMAS JEFFERSON

1789–1792

1789.—Sept.At Versailles.
18.Sends olive plants to America.
24.Pays parting visit to Neckar at Versailles.
25.Nominated for Secretary of State.
26.Confirmed by Senate.
30.At Havre.
Oct.Sails from Havre.
14.At Cowes.
Sails for America on the Montgomery.
Off “The Needles.”
Nov. 13.Offered Secretaryship of State.
21.At Lynhaven Bay.
23.At Norfolk.
At Hampton.
At Richmond.
Receives address from Virginia House of Delegates.
Dec. 14.At Eppington.
15.At Chesterfield.
24.At Monticello.
1790.—Feb. 14.Accepts Secretaryship of State.
28.Asks loan of Dutch bankers.
His daughter, Martha, marries Thomas Mann Randolph.
Mar. 1.Leaves Monticello.
2.At Tuckahoe.
At Manchester and Fredericksburg.
6.At Richmond.
At Dumfries.
11–12.At Alexandria.
Receives address from Mayor.
1790.—Mar. 11–12.At Georgetown, Baltimore, Chester.
At Philadelphia.
Has interview with Franklin.
At Trenton and Elizabethtown.
22.Arrives at New York.
29.Rents Robert and Peter Bruce house, Maiden Lane.
?Elected member of American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
?Opinion on Petition of Isaacs.
?Opinion on Woollen Manufactures in Virginia.
April 1.Opinion on Communications to Congress.
15.Reports on Copper Coinage.
24.Opinion on Senate’s Negative of Grade.
May 3.Opinion on Georgian Land Grants.
Sick with headache.
June 2.Rents No. 57 Maiden Lane.
3.Opinion on Soldiers’ Accounts.
7.Goes on sailing party with President.
Arranges with Hamilton the Assumption and Capital Compromise.
July 4.Reports on coinage, weights, and measures.
12.Opinion on British-Spanish War.
15.Opinion on Residence Bill.
17.Report on Expenses of Foreign Missions.
29.Opinion on Indian Trade Monopoly.
Aug. 13.Leaves New York.
17.At Newport.
18.At Providence.
21.At New York.
22.Drafts Considerations on Navigation of Mississippi.
26.Opinion on Foreign Debt.
28.Opinion on Course towards Britain and Spain.
29.Opinion on St. Clair expedition.
Sept. 1.Leaves New York.
2.At Trenton.
3–6.At Philadelphia.
At Wilm ngton, Chester, Annapolis, Georgetown, Alexandria, Mount Vernon, Dumfries, and Fredericksburg.
20.Arrives at Monticello.
Oct. 5.At Tuckahoe and Goochland Court House.
7.At Monticello.
9.At Eppington.
1790.—Nov. 8.Leaves Monticello.
21.Reaches Philadelphia.
?Resides at 274 High (now Market) Street.
Offices of Department of State at 207 High Street.
29.Opinion on Capital.
Dec. 8.Drafts paragraphs for President’s message.
14.Reports on Western lands.
Opinion on North West Territory.
Opinion on Territorial Authority.
15.Reports on Mission of Morris.
18.Reports on Tonnage Law.
28.Reports on Mediterranean Trade.
1791.Reports on Algerian Prisoners.
Feb. 1.Draws resolution for Senate on Algiers.
Reports on Fisheries.
7.Drafts Patent Bill.
9.Advertises Elkhill for sale.
14.Drafts President’s message on British Negotiations.
15.Opinion on National Bank.
19.Reports on Vermont.
28.Offers Freneau a place.
Mar. 4.Drafts President’s message on Vermont.
11.Opinion on “Ten Mile Square.”
MayEndorses Rights of Man.
Endeavoring to induce Freneau to start a paper.
16.Leaves Philadelphia.
19–20.At New York.
28.At Saratoga.
30.On Lake George.
31.On Lake Champlain—Ticonderoga and Crown Point.
At Saratoga, Stillwater.
June 5.At Bennington.
Prevented from travel by Sunday laws.
Passes through Connecticut valley.
8.At Springfield and Hartford.
16.At New York.
19.Reaches Philadelphia.
July 10.Endeavors to have Thomas Paine appointed Postmaster.
Aug. 13.Converses with Hamilton about Adams.
Nov. 8.Reports on Indian Lands.
10.Reports on Mangnall.
1791.—Nov. 14.Reports on Howe.
?Frames clauses for French Treaty of Commerce.
26.Drafts “questions to be considered of.”
Dec. 2.Drafts resolutions concerning Algiers.
6.Note on Spanish negotiations.
12.Notes on British negotiations.
16.Drafts President’s message on Indian War.
19.Opinion on Lands.
22.Reports on Spanish negotiations.
27.Note on Spanish negotiations.
1792.—Jan. 1.Drafts President’s message on Diplomatic Nominations.
3.Has interview with Committee of Senate.
10.Reports on Commercial Restrictions of Denmark.
15.First suggests retirement from Cabinet.
22.Reports on Russell.
25.Drafts letter of President to Secretary of War.
Feb. 12.Has interview with Beckwith.
28.Prepares plan of posts.
Announces to President his intention to leave office.
Mar. 7.Draft of report on Spanish negotiations.
9.Cabinet meeting on Western questions.
12.Notes on Commercial Policy towards Great Britain.
16.Reports on Spanish negotiations.
22.Reports on Convention with Spain.
Project of Convention.
31.Cabinet meeting on St. Clair’s defeat.
Apr. 1.Draws Considerations on Algiers.
4.Opinion on Apportionment Bill.
5.Drafts Veto Message of Apportionment bill.
10.Drafts questions for Senate on Algiers.
May 23.At Philadelphia.
Writes Washington of intended resignation.