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To Thomas Jefferson from John Goulding, 16 November 1803

From John Goulding

Georgetown 16 Novr. 1803

Sir

I have heretofore had the honor & the pleasure to know your gentle & amiable handwriting; of course I must feel on the present sudden occasion, the sensations of delight & surprize at once, upon seeing my name written by you, on any occasion: This being for some flour from Mr. Thomas, I have promptly pointed out to the bearer how the matter stood. It is not in words to express how much I wish for opportunity to shew, in any measure, the sincerity, the respect and the esteem, with which,

I have the honor to be, Sir, Your most Obedient And most Hume. Servt.

John Goulding

RC (MHi); endorsed by TJ as received 16 Nov. and so recorded in SJL.

John Goulding was a notary public, broker, and commission merchant in Georgetown (Washington Federalist, 27 Jan. and 20 Mch. 1802; Washington Federal Republican, 10 Nov. 1815; Gallatin, Papers description begins Carl E. Prince and Helene E. Fineman, eds., The Papers of Albert Gallatin, microfilm edition in 46 reels, Philadelphia, 1969, and Supplement, Barbara B. Oberg, ed., reels 47-51, Wilmington, Del., 1985 description ends , 47:337).

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    To Thomas Jefferson from John Goulding, 16 November 1803
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    Goulding, John
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    Jefferson, Thomas
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    16 November 1803

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    “To Thomas Jefferson from John Goulding, 16 November 1803,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-42-02-0004. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, vol. 42, 16 November 1803–10 March 1804, ed. James P. McClure. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2016, p. 6.]