To Thomas Jefferson from Thomas Worthington, with Jefferson’s Note, 24 March 1804
From Thomas Worthington,
with Jefferson’s Note
Senate Chamber 24th of March 1804
Sir
I recd. the enclosed letter a few days since I do not know the writer but consider it my duty send1 it to you
I have the honour to be with Esteem & Respect your obt St
T Worthington
[Note by TJ:]
Mar. 24. 04. gave ord on J. Barnes
for 12.62½ on acct of Genl. Kozsciuzko.
RC (MHi); at foot of text: “President of the United States”; endorsed by TJ: “Kosciuzko.” Enclosure: probably Samuel H. Smith to Worthington, Newark, Fairfield County, Ohio, 26 Feb., stating that last summer he did survey work for Louise Françoise Felix, who had purchased Tadeusz Kosciuszko’s lands in Ohio; Smith has been informed that TJ, as Kosciuszko’s agent, was to pay his expenses, and he accordingly forwarded his bill to John Armstrong at Cincinnati, who in turn sent it to the president for payment; in his reply to Armstrong, TJ stated that he would give Smith’s payment to Worthington; Smith asks Worthington to pay him the money upon his return to Ohio; the bill was “about 11 or twelve Dollars” (RC in same).
1. Thus in MS.