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To Thomas Jefferson from Henry Dearborn, 30 March 1804

From Henry Dearborn

War Department March 30th. 1804

Sir

I have the honor to propose Doctr. John Sibley for your approbation as Surgeon Mate in the Army of the United States

Accept Sir the assurances of my high respect &c

FC (Lb in DNA: RG 107, LSP).

TJ and Dearborn intended john sibley to be surgeon’s mate for the army garrison at Natchitoches, but he declined the appointment (Dearborn to Sibley, 2 Apr. 1804, FC in DNA: RG 107, LSMA; Sibley to Dearborn, 12 Sep. 1804, recorded in DNA: RG 107, RLRMS).

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    To Thomas Jefferson from Henry Dearborn, 30 March 1804
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    30 March 1804

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    “To Thomas Jefferson from Henry Dearborn, 30 March 1804,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-43-02-0129. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, vol. 43, 11 March–30 June 1804, ed. James P. McClure. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2017, p. 139.]

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