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To Thomas Jefferson from Robert Smith, 14 July 1803

From Robert Smith

navy Department
July 14—1803

Sir,

I enclose a blank warrant for your signature to be filled with the name of Joseph Nicholson as midshipman should you approve it—He is son of Capn. S. Nicholson of Boston, and is recommended by Commodore Preble—

I have the honor to be with much respect Sir yr. obt. Serv.

Rt Smith

RC (DLC); in a clerk’s hand, signed by Smith; at foot of text: “The President”; endorsed by TJ as received from the Navy Department on 15 July and “Nicholson. midshipman.” FC (Lb in DNA: RG 45, LSP).

Upon receiving his warrant, joseph nicholson was assigned to duty on the frigate Constitution (NDBW description begins Dudley W. Knox, ed., Naval Documents Related to the United States Wars with the Barbary Powers, Washington, D.C., 1939-44, 6 vols. and Register of Officer Personnel and Ships’ Data, 1801-1807, Washington, D.C., 1945 description ends , Register, 40).

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    “To Thomas Jefferson from Robert Smith, 14 July 1803,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-41-02-0026. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, vol. 41, 11 July–15 November 1803, ed. Barbara B. Oberg. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2014, p. 51.]

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