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From Thomas Jefferson to Joseph Lord, 30 January 1804

To Joseph Lord

Washington Jan. 30. 04.

Th: Jefferson presents his compliments to mr Lord, and returns him his Manuscript. neither his time nor qualifications permit him to undertake to pass a judgment on compositions, & still less on those of the character of the within, which have been less his study than [. . .] others. he thanks him for the communication.

PrC (DLC); torn; month interlined in dateline in place of “Dec.”; initially endorsed by TJ in ink on verso as a letter of 29 Jan., then altered to 30 Jan. Recorded in SJL under 29 Jan.

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