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To Thomas Jefferson from Thomas Worthington, 3 March 1805

From Thomas Worthington

3rd. of March 1805

Sir

Enclosed I send some of the Alpines or monthly strawberry seed. It will be proper to sow them next month & replant the young plants in may

Very respectfully I am sir Your Obt St

T, Worthington

RC (DLC); addressed: “The President of the United States”; endorsed by TJ.

Worthington sent more seeds of the popular Alpine strawberry to TJ on 3 Sep. upon his wife’s suggestion and concern that those enclosed with this letter did not arrive. TJ was interested in establishing the variety in the United States and in 1803 shared some seeds with Robert Bailey (Vol. 28:362; Vol. 34:306-7n; Vol. 41:486; Worthington to TJ, 3 Sep.).

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    To Thomas Jefferson from Thomas Worthington, 3 March 1805
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    3 March 1805

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    “To Thomas Jefferson from Thomas Worthington, 3 March 1805,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-45-02-0636. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, vol. 45, 11 November 1804 to 8 March 1805, ed. James P. McClure et al. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2021, p. 625.]

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