From Thomas Jefferson to William Jarvis, 20 July 1804

To William Jarvis

Washington July 20. 04.

Sir

I wrote you a letter of detail yesterday covering the 1st. of a set of Exchange drawn by James Madison (the Secretary of State) on James Maury merchant of Liverpool, and endorsed by myself. referring to that letter, the object of the present is only to inclose the of the same set and to repeat my salutations, and assurances of esteem & respect.

Th: Jefferson

PrC (MHi); at foot of text: “William Jarvis”; endorsed by TJ in ink on verso. Notation in SJL: “2.plicates & 3.plicates of the bills of Exche.,” connected by a brace with letters of this date to Thomas Appleton, Stephen Cathalan, Jr., and Joseph Yznardi, Sr. Enclosure not found, but see TJ’s financial memoranda for 19 July (MB description begins James A. Bear, Jr., and Lucia C. Stanton, eds., Jefferson’s Memorandum Books: Accounts, with Legal Records and Miscellany, 1767-1826, Princeton, 1997, The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Second Series description ends , 2:1132-3).

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Title: From Thomas Jefferson to William Jarvis, 20 July 1804
Author: Jefferson, Thomas
Recipient: Jarvis, William
Date: 20 July 1804

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Cite as: “From Thomas Jefferson to William Jarvis, 20 July 1804,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-44-02-0109. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, vol. 44, 1 July to 10 November 1804, ed. James P. McClure. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2019, p. 122.]

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