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Joseph Marx to Thomas Jefferson, 3 July 1820

From Joseph Marx

Richmond 3d July 1820—

sir

I avail myself of the conveyance afforded me by Governor Randolph to transmit and to request Your acceptance, of the Volume containing the proceedings of the Sanhedrin, convened by order of the Emperor Buonaparte,

should any part of their Deliberations, or sentiments expressed by any member of that Body, tend to confirm the liberal and enlightned views, expressed by Yourself, for that persecuted Race, when last I had the honor and pleasure of an interview, it will prove to me a source of high gratification

I am with sentiments of profound Respect

sir Your most Obedient sevt

Joseph Marx

RC (DLC); at foot of text: “Thomas Jefferson Esqr”; endorsed by TJ as received 7 July 1820 and so recorded in SJL. Enclosure: Diogène Tama, Transactions of the Parisian Sanhedrim, or Acts of the Assembly of Israelitish Deputies of France and Italy, convoked at Paris by an imperial and royal decree, dated May 30, 1806, ed. and trans. F. D. Kirwan (London, 1807; Poor, Jefferson’s Library description begins Nathaniel P. Poor, Catalogue. President Jefferson’s Library, 1829 description ends , 9 [no. 522]).

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Joseph Marx to Thomas Jefferson, 3 July 1820
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Marx, Joseph
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3 July 1820

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“Joseph Marx to Thomas Jefferson, 3 July 1820,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/03-16-02-0057. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Retirement Series, vol. 16, 1 June 1820 to 28 February 1821, ed. J. Jefferson Looney et al. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2019, p. 74.]

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