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To Thomas Jefferson from Riedesel, 2 October 1780

From Riedesel

New York, 2 Oct. 1780. Acknowledges a letter and congratulates TJ “on Mrs: Jeffersons Health and recovery.” Encloses further letters from Brig. Gen. Specht. Postscript (in French): Capt. Geismar had left New York before TJ’s letter containing kind remembrances of Geismar arrived; has had a letter from Geismar written from London, and has forwarded TJ’s message to him.

RC (DLC); 3 p.; in a clerk’s hand; postscript and two signatures in Riedesel’s hand. The letter acknowledged by Riedesel is missing.

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