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V. To Archibald Stuart, 12 February 1801

V. To Archibald Stuart

Washington Feb. 12. 1801. 7. A.M.

Th:J. to A. Stuart.

The H. of R. has been in conclave ever since 2 aclock yesterday. 25. ballots have been taken, & were invariably 8. 6. & 2. divided. the intervals of balloting were from half an hour to an hour. I can venture nothing more by post but my affectionate salutations.

P.S. 1. P.M. the H. of R. suspended the balloting from 7. to 12. this morning, & after trying a few balots again with the same effect suspended it till 11. A.M. tomorrow.

RC (ViHi); addressed: “Archibald Stuart Staunton Virga”; franked and postmarked.

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    “V. To Archibald Stuart, 12 February 1801,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-32-02-0417-0006. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, vol. 32, 1 June 1800 – 16 February 1801, ed. Barbara B. Oberg. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2005, pp. 580–581.]

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