Mr. Jefferson has the honour to send to M. Dupré 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. Dupré, 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 CÆSIS 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_: DANIELI MORGAN DUCI EXERCITUS. _Exergue_: COMITIA AMERICANA. _Medal for Rear-Admiral John Paul Jones, of twenty-four (p. xxi) lignes._ _Device_: His head (M. Houdon will furnish the bust in plaster). _Legend_: JOANNI PAULO JONES CLASSIS PRÆFECTO. _Exergue_: COMITIA AMERICANA. _Reverse_: Naval Engagement. _Legend_: HOSTIUM NAVIBUS CAPTIS AUT FUGATIS. _Exergue_: AD ORAM SCOTIÆ 23 SEPT. 1779. The following, from the same to the same, bearing date February 15, 1789, throws some light on the prices of the medals engraved by M. Dupré: To M. DUPRÉ, Engraver of Medals, Paris. Mr. Jefferson has the honour to observe to M. Dupré that he pays only twenty-four hundred _livres_ to M. Duvivier or to M. Gatteaux for medals which measure twenty-four _lignes_, that he paid the same sum to M. Dupré himself for that of General Greene, and that recently M. Dupré asked no higher price for that of General Morgan. Mr. Jefferson cannot, therefore, consent to give more. For that sum he would expect to have the best work of M. Dupré and not that of inferior artists. As regards time, perhaps it may be possible to prolong it somewhat in regard to the medal for Admiral Paul Jones, that officer being at present in Europe. Mr. Jefferson will have the honour to await M. Dupré's answer, and will be happy to conclude this arrangement with him.[9] February 15, 1789. [Footnote 9: For the French original see F, page xlv.]