Thomas Jefferson Papers

To Thomas Jefferson from Christian VII, King of Denmark, 5 April 1805

From Christian VII, King of Denmark

Denmark, 5 Apr. 1805. The king formally recalls Peder Blicher Olsen as resident minister and consul general to the United States.

Tr (DNA: RG 59, NL, Denmark); 2 p.; in a clerk’s hand, in Latin; at head of text: “Copia”; at foot of text: “Ad Presidem Statuum confœderatorum Americo Septentionalis” ( “to the president of the United States of America”); endorsed by Jacob Wagner; enclosed in Peder Pedersen to Madison, 15 Aug. (RC in same). Recorded in SJL as received 22 Aug.

The recall was at the request of Blicher Olsen, who had departed from the United States in 1803 on a leave of absence for reasons related to his health (Madison, Papers, Sec. of State Ser. description begins William T. Hutchinson, Robert A. Rutland, J. C. A. Stagg, and others, eds., The Papers of James Madison, Chicago and Charlottesville, 1962- , 43 vols.; Sec. of State Ser., 1986- , 12 vols.; Pres. Ser., 1984-2020, 11 vols.; Ret. Ser., 2009- , 3 vols. description ends , 10:214; Vol. 40:493-4).

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    To Thomas Jefferson from Christian VII, King of Denmark, 5 April 1805
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    Christian VII, King of Denmark
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    Jefferson, Thomas
    Date
    5 April 1805

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    “To Thomas Jefferson from Christian VII, King of Denmark, 5 April 1805,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-46-02-0162. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, vol. 46, 9 March to 5 July 1805, ed. James P. McClure et al. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2022, p. 162.]

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