To Thomas Jefferson from Daniel Trump, 31 December 1804
From Daniel Trump
Philadelphia Decmer 31st 1804
Dear Sir
Your Letter of the Sixth with the money for the Mahogany Came Safe to Hand and I have Dischared the Bill, and for the Compensation you Sent for my Trouble I Humbly thank you for, I Saw in the Paper a Resolution before Congress for finishing the South Wing, of the United States Arsenal if there Should be Provision Made for that Purpose, if I Could be favour’d with the Carpenters work of Building through your Influence that favour Would be Gratefully Accnowledged by your Obt Hue Servt
Please to Except Sir my Best Wishes for your Welfare
RC (DLC); endorsed by TJ as received 3 Jan. 1805 and so recorded in SJL.
Resolution before Congress: on 24 Dec., Michael Leib submitted a committee report in the House of Representatives recommending an appropriation of $18,900 to complete the south wing of the Schuylkill Arsenal. A bill for the purpose was presented to the House on 25 Jan. 1805, but was not enacted into law (, 5:13-14, 64, 99-100, 104-5; Aurora, 31 Dec.).