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From Thomas Jefferson to William Loughton Smith, before 9 December 1803 [document added in digital edition]

To William Loughton Smith

[before 9 Dec. 1803]

Th: Jefferson requests the favour of Mr Wm. Smith to dine with him on Friday the 9th. inst. at half after three.


The favour of an answer is asked.

RC (PPRF: William Loughton Smith Papers); partially dated; printed form, with blanks filled by Lewis Harvie reproduced in italics; addressed by Harvie: “Mr Wm. Smith of S Carolina.”

Friday the 9th: following his recall as U.S. minister to Portugal, William Loughton Smith arrived in Washington on 3 Dec. 1803. By 15 Jan. 1804, he was home in Charleston. The one Friday on the 9th of a month that fell during his visit to the capital was 9 Dec. 1803 (National Intelligencer, 5 Dec. 1803; Poulson’s American Daily Advertiser, 6 Feb. 1804).

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    From Thomas Jefferson to William Loughton Smith, before 9 December 1803 [document added in digital edition]
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    Jefferson
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    Smith, William Loughton
    Date
    9 December 1803

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    “From Thomas Jefferson to William Loughton Smith, before 9 December 1803 [document added in digital edition],” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-42-02-9003. [This document from The Papers of Thomas Jefferson is original to the digital edition. It was added on 19 June 2023.]