Philip Mazzei to Thomas Jefferson, December 5, 1779

[ Nantes, 5 Dec. 1779 . Mazzei’s “Representation� of his conduct as agent for Virginia in Europe states that in a letter of this date, his second dispatch to TJ, “he foretold, that we ought not to expect any good from the Irish commotions, and signified his reasons for such a conjecture, which he confirmed in letter 11, dated Paris, April 10th 1780,� q.v., below (Marraro, Mazzei , p. 88). Though four copies of this letter were sent, none has been found (same, p. 11); one copy certainly reached TJ, for it was acknowledged in TJ’s letter to Mazzei of 31 May 1780 .]