' And
lastly, in my letter of August the 5th, I enclosed a triplicate of the
same bill, and added, 'In the mean time, I hope that your account of
this fund, from July the 1st, 1790, to June the 30th, 1791, inclusive,
is on its way to me, that I may receive it in time to lay before
Congress at their meeting:' but in fact, I have neither received the
account so much desired, nor even an acknowledgment of the receipt of
any of the said letters or bills; and though Congress have been now
sitting upwards of three months, I have it not in my power to lay before
them a statement of the administration of this fund. When you consider
the delicate situation of those entrusted with the disposal of public
monies, and the express injunction under which I am laid by my office to
submit this account to a proper and timely examination, I leave you to
conceive what my sensations must be under the disability to do it, which
the want of your account alone has brought,on me; and I hope I shall
soon be relieved by the receipt of it.
*****
I am, with great esteem, Gentlemen, your most obedient servant,
Th: Jefferson.
LETTER XCIII.--TO WILLIAM SHORT, January 23, 1792
TO WILLIAM SHORT.
Philadelphia, January 23, 1792.
Dear Sir,
I have the pleasure to inform you, that the President of the United
States has appointed you Minister Resident for the United.
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