From James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, [ca. 14 June 1806]
To Thomas Jefferson
[ca. 14 June 1806]
The vessel for the Bey of Tunis is a small one purchased by Capt: Preeble in the Mediterranean. The first cost can not be ascertained in the absence of the Upper Clerks of the Navy Dept. It is supposed not to have exceeded a very few thousand dollars.
RC (DLC: Jefferson Papers). In JM’s hand. Undated; listed in Jefferson’s Epistolary Record as received 14 June 1806, with the description: “Departmt State. The Franklin to Tunis.”