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From Thomas Jefferson to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, 16 January 1804

To the Speaker of the House of Representatives

Jan. 16. 04.

Th: Jefferson presents his respects to the Speaker of the H of R1 and asks the favor of him, when the papers accompanying his message of this day shall have been read in his house, to be so good as to deliver them to mr Harvie, who will be waiting to carry them, with a similar message, to the other house. but one copy of them was recieved, and it was thought best not to retard the communication till another could have been made out. besides that one of the papers is original.

RC (DNA: RG 233, PM; 8th Cong., 1st sess.); at head of text: “private”; with a blank filled by Lewis Harvie (see note below); addressed by Harvie: “The Speaker of the H of R”; endorsed by a House clerk; note on address sheet in Nathaniel Macon’s hand: “(private) Mr. Beckley read this, it is private.”

speaker: Nathaniel Macon.

1. Text in italics in Harvie’s hand.

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    From Thomas Jefferson to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, 16 January 1804
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    Speaker, House of Representatives
    Date
    16 January 1804

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    “From Thomas Jefferson to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, 16 January 1804,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-42-02-0262. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, vol. 42, 16 November 1803–10 March 1804, ed. James P. McClure. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2016, p. 303.]