Thomas Jefferson Papers

To Thomas Jefferson from Rufus King, 22 August 1797

From Rufus King

London, Aug. 22, 1797.

Sir

I have requested Capt. Newel of the Ship Cleopatra, who is bound to Philadelphia to take charge of a Diploma delivered to me for you by Sir John Sinclair, President of the Board of Agriculture.

I have just received from Mr. Strickland a letter for you; but as he informs me that the letter is to accompany a small box, containing an assortment of seeds which is also to be sent to my care, but which has not yet been received, I shall detain this letter to be sent with the box by a future opportunity. With perfect respect I have the honor to be, sir, Your obed. & faithful servt.,

Rufus King

MS not found; reprinted from King, Life, description begins Charles R. King, ed. The Life and Correspondence of Rufus King: Comprising His Letters, Private and Official, His Public Documents and His Speeches, New York, 1894–1900, 6 vols. description ends ii, 213. Recorded in SJL as received 10 Nov. 1797. Enclosure: Diploma from British Board of Agriculture, 20 June 1797, acknowledging that TJ, vice president of the United States, was admitted as a “Foreign Honorary Member of the Board” (printed form at MHi; with blanks filled by a clerk; signed by Sinclair; bearing seal).

I have just received from Mr. Strickland a letter: see William Strickland to TJ, 16 Aug. 1797.

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    To Thomas Jefferson from Rufus King, 22 August 1797
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    King, Rufus
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    Jefferson, Thomas
    Date
    22 August 1797

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    “To Thomas Jefferson from Rufus King, 22 August 1797,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-29-02-0400. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, vol. 29, 1 March 1796 – 31 December 1797, ed. Barbara B. Oberg. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2002, p. 514.]

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