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

Th: Jefferson




LETTER XVII.--TO LISTER ASQUITH, May 22, 1786


TO LISTER ASQUITH.

Paris, May 22, 1786.

Sir,

When I left this place for England, I had no suspicion that any thing
more would be necessary on my part for your liberation. Being but lately
returned, I could not sooner acknowledge the receipt of your letters of
April the 21st and May the 1st. I this day write to M. Desbordes, to pay
the charges necessary for your enlargement, to furnish you with a guinea
apiece, and to take your draft on Mr. Grand for those sums, and the
others which he has furnished you at my request. This being a new
case, I am unable to say whether you will be held to repay this money.
Congress will decide on that, to whom I shall send a report of the case,
and to whom you should apply on your return to America, to know whether
you are to repay it or not. During the whole of this long transaction,
I have never ceased soliciting your discharge. The evidence furnished by
the Farmers to the ministers, impressed them with a belief that you were