Thomas Jefferson Papers

To Thomas Jefferson from Robert Purviance, 28 February 1804

From Robert Purviance

Collrs. Office
Baltimore Feby 28 1804

Sir,

I herewith transmit a Letter receivd this day from Samuel Coleman Master of the Schooner Fame of Nantucket, accompanied with a small Bundle, which he receivd from the Captain of one of their Ships that had lately arrived from the South Seas.

I have the honor to be Sir, Most respectfully Your Obed. Servant

R Purviance

RC (DLC); at foot of text: “The President of the United States”; endorsed by TJ as received 2 Mch. and so recorded in SJL. Enclosure: probably Félix Varleta to TJ, [before 2 Mch. 1804].

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    To Thomas Jefferson from Robert Purviance, 28 February 1804
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    Purviance, Robert
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    Jefferson, Thomas
    Date
    28 February 1804

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    “To Thomas Jefferson from Robert Purviance, 28 February 1804,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-42-02-0493. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, vol. 42, 16 November 1803–10 March 1804, ed. James P. McClure. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2016, p. 567.]

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