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From Thomas Jefferson to William Frederick Ast, 24 November 1788

To William Frederick Ast

Paris Nov. 24. 1788.

Sir

In your favor of Oct. 31. you refer to a letter of July I never received, and you mention nothing of mine of June 19. wherein I inclosed you an order on Messieurs Willinck & Van Staphorsts for two thousand nine hundred and fifty three livres. I will beg the favor of you to inform me whether you received that letter. I am happy in hearing you are established [at] Lorient, and shall be more so to render you any service which may fall in my way. I am with great esteem Sir Your most obedt. humble servt.,

Th: Jefferson

PrC (DLC); badly faded on right margin, so that one or two words are missing. Neither Ast’s favor of Oct. 31, nor the letter of July has been found.

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    From Thomas Jefferson to William Frederick Ast, 24 November 1788
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    Ast, William Frederick
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    24 November 1788

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    “From Thomas Jefferson to William Frederick Ast, 24 November 1788,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-14-02-0078. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, vol. 14, 8 October 1788 – 26 March 1789, ed. Julian P. Boyd. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1958, p. 279.]

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