To Thomas Jefferson from J. P. G. Muhlenberg, 2 July 1804

From J. P. G. Muhlenberg

Philadelphia July 2d. 1804.

Sir

I am Honor’d with Your favor of the 27th. Ulto. enclosing a Letter for Baron Humboldt—The Baron Saild on Friday Morning in the Ship Favorite, for Bordeaux—I therefore, agreeably to direction reinclose the Letter—The day before the Barons departure, he receivd a Number of Packages, addressd to him by the Secretary of State, &. the Secretary of the Treasury.

I have the Honor to be with great Respect Sir Your Obedt. Servt.

P Muhlenberg

RC (DLC); at foot of text: “The President of the UStates”; endorsed by TJ as received 4 July and so recorded in SJL. Enclosure: perhaps TJ to Lafayette, 27 June.

TJ’s favor to Muhlenberg is not recorded in SJL and has not been found. Alexander von Humboldt departed Philadelphia on 29 June (Philadelphia Gazette, 29 June).

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Title: To Thomas Jefferson from J. P. G. Muhlenberg, 2 July 1804
Author: Muhlenberg, J. P. G.
Recipient: Jefferson, Thomas
Date: 2 July 1804

Reference

Cite as: “To Thomas Jefferson from J. P. G. Muhlenberg, 2 July 1804,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-44-02-0012. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, vol. 44, 1 July to 10 November 1804, ed. James P. McClure. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2019, p. 28.]

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