From Thomas Jefferson to the District of Columbia Commissioners, 7 January 1802

To the District of Columbia Commissioners

Washington Jan. 7. 1802.

Gentlemen

I have recieved and duly considered your letter of yesterday on the subject of the frame house erected contrary to rule by mr Rhodes, and approve of your opinion that measures should be taken for it’s removal. I suppose it will be best for you to apply to mr Mason the Attorney for the district. Accept my respect & best wishes.

Th: Jefferson

RC (PWacD: Feinstone Collection, on deposit PPAmP); clipped below signature. PrC (DLC); at foot of text: “The Commissioners of Washington”; endorsed by TJ in ink on verso.

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Title: From Thomas Jefferson to the District of Columbia Commissioners, 7 January 1802
Author: Jefferson, Thomas
Recipient: District of Columbia Commissioners
Date: 7 January 1802

Reference

Cite as: “From Thomas Jefferson to the District of Columbia Commissioners, 7 January 1802,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-36-02-0184. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, vol. 36, 1 December 1801–3 March 1802, ed. Barbara B. Oberg. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2009, p. 337.]

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