To Thomas Jefferson from John Smith of Ohio, 21 March 1804

From John Smith of Ohio

Wednesday Morn [21 Mch. 1804]

Sir

I am sorry, that I have it in my power to inform you that the bill requiring the next meeting of Congress to commence on the first monday of november, has passed the Senate by a large majority—

I have the honour to be Sir very respectfully your most obedt Servt.

John Smith

RC (DLC); partially dated; at foot of text: “The President of the U States”; endorsed by TJ as received 22 Mch. 1804 and so recorded in SJL.

On 23 Mch. the House of Representatives passed the brief bill that set the date for the next meeting of congress, and three days later TJ signed the measure into law (JHR description begins Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States, Washington, D.C., 1826, 9 vols. description ends , 4:680-1; U.S. Statutes at Large description begins Richard Peters, ed., The Public Statutes at Large of the United States … 1789 to March 3, 1845, Boston, 1855-56, 8 vols. description ends , 2:283).

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Title: To Thomas Jefferson from John Smith of Ohio, 21 March 1804
Author: Smith, John (Ohio)
Recipient: Jefferson, Thomas
Date: 21 March 1804

Reference

Cite as: “To Thomas Jefferson from John Smith of Ohio, 21 March 1804,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-43-02-0057. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, vol. 43, 11 March–30 June 1804, ed. James P. McClure. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2017, p. 67.]

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