er country. The difference of expense alone
appeared to produce doubts with you on the subject. If you have no
engagement for dinner to-day, and will do me the favor to come and dine
with me, we will be entirely alone, and it will give us time to go over
the matter and weigh it thoroughly. I will, in that case, ask the favor
of you to furnish yourself with such notes as may ascertain the present
expense of the posts, for one day in the week, to Boston and Richmond,
and enable us to calculate the savings which may be made by availing
ourselves of the stages. Be pleased to observe that the stages travel
all the day. There seems nothing necessary for us then, but to hand the
mail along through the night till it may fall in with another stage the
next day, if motives, of economy should oblige us to be thus attentive
to small savings. If a little latitude of expense can be allowed, I
should be for only using the stages the first day, and then have
our riders. I am anxious that the thing should be begun by way of
experiment, for a short distance, because I believe it will so increase
the income of the post-office as to show we may go through with it. I
shall hope to see you at three o'clock.

I am with great esteem, Sir, your most obedient, humble servant,

Th: Jefferson.

LETTER CI.--TO MR. HAMMOND, March 31, 1792

TO MR. HAMMOND.

Philadelphia, March 31, 1792.

Sir,

I received yesterday your favor of the day before, and immediately laid
it before the President of the United States. I have it in charge from
him to express to you the perfect satisfaction which these assurances on
the part of your court have given him, that Bowles, who is the subject
of them, is an unauthorized impostor. The promptitude of their disavowal
of what their candor had forbidden him to credit, is a new proof of
their friendly dispositions, and a fresh incitement to us to cherish
corresponding sentiments. To these we are led both by interest and
inclination, and I am authorized to assure you that no occasion will be
omitted, on our part, of manifesting their sincerity.

I have the honor to be, with sentiments of the most perfect esteem and
respect, Sir, your most obedient and most humble servant,

Th: Jefferson.

LETTER CII.--TO GOVERNOR PINCKNEY, April 1, 1792

TO GOVERNOR PINCKNEY.

Philadelphia, April 1, 1792.

Sir,

Your letter of January the 8th to the President of the United States
having been referred to me,