Thomas Jefferson Papers

To Thomas Jefferson from Robert Smith, 18 December 1804

From Robert Smith

Navy Dept. 18 Decr. 1804

Sir,

A number of Commissions are required for the Navy Officers whose Appointments have been lately confirmed by the Senate. Herewith I enclose 20, (the number necessary) to which I have the honor to request your Signature.

I am respectfully Sir, yr. ob servt.

Rt Smith

RC (DLC); in a clerk’s hand, signed by Smith; at foot of text: “The President of the United States”; endorsed by TJ as received from the Navy Department on 18 Dec. and “Officers commns” and so recorded in SJL. FC (Lb in DNA: RG 45, LSP).

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    To Thomas Jefferson from Robert Smith, 18 December 1804
    Author
    Smith, Robert
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    Jefferson, Thomas
    Date
    18 December 1804

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    “To Thomas Jefferson from Robert Smith, 18 December 1804,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-45-02-0213. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, vol. 45, 11 November 1804 to 8 March 1805, ed. James P. McClure et al. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2021, p. 198.]

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