To Thomas Jefferson from James B. Richardson, 1 June 1804
From James B. Richardson
Executive Department James Ville June 1: 1804:
Sir,
I herewith transmit you at the request of the Legislature of South Carolina, their ratification of the Amendment proposed by Congress to the Constitution of the United States respecting the Election of President and Vice President.
I have the honor to be with high consideration and respect, Your most obedient
James B. Richardson
FC (ScU); at foot of text: “To The President of the United States Washington.” Recorded in SJL as received 2 Aug. with notation “ratifn.” Enclosure: resolution of the South Carolina legislature, passed by the Senate on 14 May and by the House of Representatives on 15 May, ratifying the Twelfth Amendment, with an additional resolution of 16 May requesting the governor to forward a certified copy to the president (MS in DNA: RG 11, RA, certified 17 May by D. E. Dunlap, clerk of the Senate, and Richard Gantt, clerk of the House of Representatives, and by Richardson on 1 June; printed in An Act and Resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of South-Carolina. Passed in May, 1804 [Columbia, 1804], 5-7).