1To Thomas Jefferson from Henry Dearborn, 8 June 1804 (Jefferson Papers)
I have the honor to propose Doctor Abraham Edwards for your approbation as Surgeon’s Mate in the Army of the United States Accept Sir the assurances of my high respect &cc— FC ( Lb in DNA : RG 107, LSP ). abraham edwards wrote to TJ from Baltimore on 7 May (not found, but recorded in SJL as received 14 May with notation “to be Surgeon’s mate”). That letter was forwarded to the War Department,...