in John Paul Jones.[7] Mr. Jefferson had previously
had an interview with M. Augustin Dupre on the subject, as will be
seen by the following note, the original of which is in Mr.
Jefferson's handwriting:[8]

[Footnote 7: See D, page xli.]

[Footnote 8: For the French originals of this and
the following letter, see E, page xliv.]

To
M. DUPRE,
Engraver of Medals and Medallist of the
Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture.

Mr. Jefferson having received orders concerning medals to be
struck would like to talk about them with M. Dupre, if he will
please do him the honour to call on him to-morrow morning before
eleven o'clock.

Saturday, January 3, 1789.

In the following month, Mr. Jefferson again wrote to M. Dupre, (p. xx)
inclosing descriptions of the designs for the medals of General Morgan
and of Admiral Jones. The reader will note some slight differences
between these and those originally composed by the Academy of
Inscriptions and Belles-Lettres:

To
M. DUPRE,
Engraver of Medals and Medallist of the
Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture.

Mr. Jefferson has the honour to send to M. Dupre the devices for
the medals for General Morgan and Rear-Admiral Paul Jones, which
he has just received from the Academy of Belles-Lettres, and the
making of which he proposes to M. Dupre, the latter to be
responsible for the success of the dies up to the striking of
three hundred and fifty of each medal in gold, silver, or bronze,
and to furnish proofs in tin at the end of the month of March
next, so that the medals may all be struck before the 15th of
April. He begs him to kindly mention the conditions on which he
will undertake them, and Mr. Jefferson will have the honour to
reply on receipt of them.

February 13, 1789.

_Medal for General Morgan, of twenty-four lignes in diameter._

The general, at the head of his army, charges the enemy, which
takes to flight.

_Legend_: VICTORIA LIBERTATIS VINDEX.

_Exergue_: FUGATIS CAPTIS AUT CAESIS AD COWPENS HOSTIBUS 17 Jan.
1781.

_Reverse_: America, recognizable by her shield, rests her left
hand upon a trophy of arms and of flags, and with her right
crowns the general, who bends before her.

_Legend_: DANI