Our Collection

At the Institute’s core is the Gilder Lehrman Collection, one of the great archives in American history. More than 85,000 items cover five hundred years of American history, from Columbus’s 1493 letter describing the New World through the end of the twentieth century.

Advanced Search
Back to Collection Search

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 To: Juan De Q. Y Barneuvo

Order a pdf of this item here.

Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC07976 Author/Creator: Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Letter signed Date: 1791/03/10 Pagination: 2 p. + addr. 24 cm x 19.9 cm Order a Copy

Agreement to set up procedure for returning fugitive slaves seeking freedom in Florida in response to request by Queen of Spain. To the governor of East Florida.

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
Quesada, Juan Nepomuceno de, 1738-1798
María Luisa, Queen consort of Charles IV, King of Spain, 1751-1819
The New Nation, 1783-1815
Government and Civics
President
African American History
Slavery
Runaway Slave
Global History and Civics
Foreign Affairs
The Early Republic

Citation Guidelines for Online Resources

The copyright law of the United States (title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Under certain conditions specified in the law, libraries and archives are authorized to furnish a photocopy or other reproduction. One of these specific conditions is that the photocopy or reproduction is not to be “used for any purpose other than private study, scholarship, or research.” If a user makes a request for, or later uses, a photocopy or reproduction for purposes in excess of “fair use,” that user may be liable for copyright infringement. This institution reserves the right to refuse to accept a copying order if, in its judgment, fulfillment of the order would involve violation of copyright law.