THE LONDON CHRONICLE, England, Jan. 2, 1787 

* U.S. Minister to France Thomas Jefferson

 Two-thirds of page 7 is taken up with: "American News". It is most taken up with a report from Thomas Jefferson, at the time the ambassador to the court of France, relating to the trade in tobacco & rice, plus other matters.
Eight pages, 8 1/2 by 11 1/4 inches, great condition.  Red tax stamp at the bottom of page 2. 

Background: In 1787, serving as U.S. Minister to France in succession to Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson occupied a pivotal diplomatic vantage point, leveraging his role in Paris to profoundly shape the foundation of American democracy, economy, and culture. Although thousands of miles removed from the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, Jefferson maintained vital correspondence with James Madison, forcefully advocating for a Bill of Rights and term limits, which proved crucial to protecting individual liberties in the final constitutional framework. Concurrently, his diplomatic duties focused on easing U.S. Revolutionary War debt through aggressive negotiations to open French commercial markets to American tobacco, whale oil, and rice—an endeavor he personally bolstered by audaciously smuggling elite Italian seed rice past strict export bans to revitalize Southern agriculture. Furthermore, his 1,200-mile tour of southern France and northern Italy in 1787 fueled his deep passion for Roman classical architecture, directly inspiring his design for the Virginia State Capitol based on Nîmes' Maison Carrée, while placing him on the front row to observe the impending collapse of the French monarchy alongside key reformers like the Marquis de Lafayette.