John Jay’s Draft of the Justices of the Supreme Court to Thomas Jefferson, 20 July 1793

John Jay’s Draft of the Justices of the Supreme Court to Thomas Jefferson

Philadelphia, 20 July 1793

Sir

The included Letter ^from us^ to the President being in the Subject of the one which by the Direction you did us the Honor to write on the 18 Instant;1 We think It most proper & regular that it should pass to him thro your Hands, and for that purpose commit it to Your Care. We have the Honor to be Sir Your Most Obt. & hble Servt.

The Honb. Ths. Jefferson Esqr.
Secy. Of State.

Dft, NNC (EJ: 08445; 90242); LS, DNA: RG 59, Miscellaneous Letters Received.

1. See the Supreme Court Justices to GW of this date, and TJ to the Supreme Court Justices, 18 July, above.

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Title: John Jay’s Draft of the Justices of the Supreme Court to Thomas Jefferson, 20 July 1793
Author: Jay, John
Date: 20 July 1793

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Cite as: “John Jay’s Draft of the Justices of the Supreme Court to Thomas Jefferson, 20 July 1793,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jay/01-05-02-0266. [Original source: The Selected Papers of John Jay, vol. 5, 1788–1794, ed. Elizabeth M. Nuxoll. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2017, p. 541.]