Thomas Jefferson Papers

From Thomas Jefferson to Henry Dearborn, 31 March 1801

To Henry Dearborn

Washington Mar. 31. 1801.

Sir

Mr. Stoddart, Secretary of the Navy having early in this month informed me by letter of his desire to resign that office, and having continued in it ever since, on my request only, I hereby authorize & appoint you to recieve the charge of the department from him, and to perform the duties of it until a Secretary of the Navy shall be formally appointed. Accept assurances of my high consideration and respect.

Th: Jefferson

RC (MH); at foot of text: “Genl. Henry Dearborn, Secretary at War.” PrC (DLC).

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    From Thomas Jefferson to Henry Dearborn, 31 March 1801
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    Jefferson, Thomas
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    Dearborn, Henry
    Date
    31 March 1801

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    “From Thomas Jefferson to Henry Dearborn, 31 March 1801,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-33-02-0438. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, vol. 33, 17 February–30 April 1801, ed. Barbara B. Oberg. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2006, p. 504.]

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