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From Thomas Jefferson to James Madison and Family, 6 July 1803

To James Madison and Family

Th: Jefferson requests the favour of Mr. Madison & family to dine with him ——— at half after three.

Wednesday July [6] 1803.1

Many thanks to mrs Madison for the trouble she has been so good as to take.

The favour of an answer is asked.2

RC (Charles M. Storey, Boston, Massachusetts, 1958); printed form, with blanks filled by TJ reproduced in italics; damaged.

1. Date illegible on RC but TJ left Washington on 19 July and the previous Wednesdays that month were 6 and 13 July.

2. Preceding sentence, part of printed form, canceled, probably by TJ.

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    From Thomas Jefferson to James Madison and Family, 6 July 1803
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    6 July 1803

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    “From Thomas Jefferson to James Madison and Family, 6 July 1803,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-40-02-0509. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, vol. 40, 4 March–10 July 1803, ed. Barbara B. Oberg. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2013, p. 667.]

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