Thomas Jefferson Papers

To Thomas Jefferson from Henry Dearborn, 23 April 1805

From Henry Dearborn

April 23d. 1805

Sir,

Genl. Mason has not yet received an Answer from Col Peyton, but he expects one immediately, and as soon as he receives it, he will wait on you.

Yours

H. Dearborn

RC (DLC); addressed: “The President of the United States”; endorsed by TJ as received from the War Department on 24 Apr. and “petn agt Peyton” and so recorded in SJL.

John Mason was brigadier general of the District of Columbia militia (Vol. 37:699).

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    To Thomas Jefferson from Henry Dearborn, 23 April 1805
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    Dearborn, Henry
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    Jefferson, Thomas
    Date
    23 April 1805

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    “To Thomas Jefferson from Henry Dearborn, 23 April 1805,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-46-02-0234. [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. 231.]

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