1To Thomas Jefferson from William A. Barron, 10 April 1804 (Jefferson Papers)
I have the honor to enclose a Memorial. Permit me, sir, to subscribe, Sir, With the highest respect, Your Most Obedient servant, RC ( PHi ); addressed: “The President”; endorsed by TJ as received 23 Apr. and so recorded in SJL with notation “W”; also endorsed by TJ: “referrd. to Secretary at War. Th:J.” Enclosed in TJ to Dearborn, 27 Apr. Massachusetts native William Amherst Barron...
2Enclosure: Memorial of William A. Barron, 10 April 1804 (Jefferson Papers)
Wm. A. Barron begs leave Respectfully to represent, That, in Capacity of Captain in the Corps of Engineers, in the service of The United States, he has, from the twelfth day of June, Eighteen Hundred and Three, to this date, commanded the said Corps; and, has superintended, and, instructed, the Military Academy, during this interval, at West Point: That, the necessary extra Expenses of his...