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To Thomas Jefferson from Nicolas Gouin Dufief, 28 February 1805

From Nicolas Gouin Dufief

A Philadelphie ce 28 de Février. 1805

Puisse le petit poëme ci Inclus vous amuser seulement un quart d’heure & j’aurai alors parfaitement atteint mon but en vous l’envoyant!

Votre très dévoué serviteur.

N. G. Dufief

Editors’ Translation

Philadelphia, 28 Feb. 1805

If the small poem enclosed here should bring you even a quarter hour of pleasure, it will have perfectly fulfilled my goal in sending it to you!

Your very devoted servant

N. G. Dufief

RC (DLC); at foot of text: “Thomas Jefferson Esqre Président des Etats-Unis”; endorsed by TJ as received 4 Mch. and so recorded in SJL. Enclosure not found.

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    To Thomas Jefferson from Nicolas Gouin Dufief, 28 February 1805
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    Dufief, Nicolas Gouin
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    Jefferson, Thomas
    Date
    28 February 1805

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    “To Thomas Jefferson from Nicolas Gouin Dufief, 28 February 1805,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-45-02-0594. [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, pp. 583–584.]

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