Thomas Jefferson Papers

To Thomas Jefferson from Nathaniel Harrison, 22 December 1781

From Nathaniel Harrison

[Sena]te Room Decr. 22. 1781

Sir

I have the Pleasure to inclose you the Resolution of the General Assembly for your impartial upright and attentive administration whilst Governor. This is the more pleasing to me as it intirely coincides with my own Sentiments. I have the Honor to be with the greatest [es]teem Sir Yr. mo. obt. Hble Servt,

Nathal Harrison. S.S.

RC (DLC); addressed: “The Honble Thomas Jefferson.” MS mutilated. Enclosure (also DLC): Resolution of thanks to TJ by the General Assembly, 12–15 Dec. 1781, q.v. (the copy actually enclosed in Harrison’s letter is the fair copy of the amended text in TJ Papers, 7: 1185).

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    To Thomas Jefferson from Nathaniel Harrison, 22 December 1781
    Author
    Harrison, Nathaniel
    Recipient
    Jefferson, Thomas
    Date
    22 December 1781

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    “To Thomas Jefferson from Nathaniel Harrison, 22 December 1781,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-06-02-0141. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, vol. 6, 21 May 1781–1 March 1784, ed. Julian P. Boyd. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1952, p. 143.]