To Thomas Jefferson from Samuel Smith, 24 January 1804
From Samuel Smith
Senate Chamber, 24 Jany. 1804
Sir/
I recieved a Letter last Night from Mr. Patterson requesting me to remind you of your polite Intention of giving him a Letter to Mr. Livingston on the Subject of his Daughter’s Marriage with Mr. Bonaparte—I believe an Oppertunity will offer in a few Days that he wishes to embrace. I am Sir
with Respect Your friend & servt.
S. Smith
RC (DLC); endorsed by TJ as a letter of 24 Jan. received on the 23d and so recorded in SJL.
letter to mr. livingston: for TJ’s earlier comments to Robert R. Livingston on the marriage of Jerome Bonaparte and Elizabeth Patterson, see Vol. 41:666-9, 690.