Thomas Jefferson Papers

To Thomas Jefferson from Robert Smith, 23 April 1805

From Robert Smith

Nav Dep 23 April 1805

Sir.

I request your signature to the enclosed commissions.

I am with great respect Sir, yr mo ob st

Rt Smith

RC (DLC); at foot of text: “President of the United States”; endorsed by TJ as received from the Navy Department on 24 Apr. and “Lts. commns” and so recorded in SJL. FC (Lb in DNA: RG 45, LSP).

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    To Thomas Jefferson from Robert Smith, 23 April 1805
    Author
    Smith, Robert
    Recipient
    Jefferson, Thomas
    Date
    23 April 1805

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    “To Thomas Jefferson from Robert Smith, 23 April 1805,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-46-02-0243. [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. 240.]

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