Thomas Jefferson Papers

V. Thomas Jefferson to the President of the Senate, 16 December 1793

V. Thomas Jefferson to the President of the Senate

Philadelphia December 16th. 1793.

Sir

Having, according to a resolution of the House of Representatives of February 23. 1791. given in to that House a Report on the privileges and restrictions on the commerce of the United States in foreign Countries, I think it my duty to lay a Copy of it before the Senate, and have the honor of being with the most perfect respect Sir Your most obedient and Most humble Servt.

Th: Jefferson

RC (DNA: RG 46, Senate Records, 3d Cong., 1st sess.); in a clerk’s hand, signed by TJ; at foot of text: “The President of the Senate.” PrC (DLC); unsigned. FC (Lb in DNA: RG 59, DL). Tr (Lb in DNA: RG 46, Senate Records, 3d Cong, 1st sess., TR). Enclosures: Documents iii and iv.

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    V. Thomas Jefferson to the President of the Senate, 16 December 1793
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    Jefferson, Thomas
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    16 December 1793

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    “V. Thomas Jefferson to the President of the Senate, 16 December 1793,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-27-02-0503-0006. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, vol. 27, 1 September–31 December 1793, ed. John Catanzariti. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1997, pp. 580–581.]

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