Thomas Jefferson to the President of the Senate, 2 February 1791
To the President of the Senate
Philadelphia February 2d. 1791.
Sir
As the information contained in the enclosed extracts from a letter of Mr. Short's lately received, has some relation to a subject now before the Senate, I have thought it my duty to communicate them, and have the honor to be with sentiments of the most profound respect and attachment, Sir Your most obedient and most humble Servant: