Enclosure: Exequatur for Thomas Dannery, 3 October 1793
Enclosure
Exequatur for Thomas Dannery
George Washington President of the United States of America.
To all whom it may concern.
The Citizen Dannery having produced to me his commission as Consul for the Republick of France at Boston, I do hereby recognize him as such, and do declare him free to exercise and enjoy such functions, powers, and priviledges, as are allowed to Consuls of the French Republick by the laws, treaties, and conventions, in that case made and provided.
In testimony whereof I have caused these letters to be made patent, and the seal of the United States to be hereunto affixed.
Given under my hand the day of 1 in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety three, and the Independence of the United States of America, the eighteenth.
By the President
Th: Jefferson
PrC (Pierce W. Gaines, Fairfield, Connecticut, 1965); in George Pfeiffer’s hand, except for last line and signature added in ink by TJ, and day and month later added in ink, possibly by George Taylor, Jr., sometime after 10 Oct. 1793 (see note 1 below); with space left for Washington’s signature; endorsed by Taylor. Tr (DNA: RG 46, Senate Records, 3d Cong., 1st sess.); lacks day and month. FC (Lb in DNA: RG 59, Exequaturs); with Washington as signatory and TJ as countersignatory; dated 10 Oct. 1793. Printed with blanks for day and month in TJ to George Washington, 3 Oct. 1793 (first letter).
, 82. Enclosed inThe President signed and dated Dannery’s exequatur on 10 Oct. 1793 (
, 241).1. Blanks later completed with “10” and “Octr.,” respectively.