Thomas Jefferson Papers

To Thomas Jefferson from Henry Dearborn, with Jefferson’s Approval, 28 June 1805

From Henry Dearborn,
with Jefferson’s Approval

War Department June 28. 1805

Sir/

I have the honor of proposing for your approbation Robert I. McKenny as a Cadet in the Regiment of Artillerists

Accept Sir, the assurances of my high respect and Consideration

H. Dearborn

[Approval by TJ:]

June 29. 05.

Approved

Th: Jefferson

RC (PHi: Daniel Parker Papers); in a clerk’s hand, signed by Dearborn; at foot of text: “President of the United States”; endorsed by a clerk. FC (Lb in DNA: RG 107, LSP).

On 1 July, Dearborn forwarded a Cadet warrant to Robert I. McKenny, with instructions to report to the military academy at West Point (DNA: RG 107, LSMA).

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    To Thomas Jefferson from Henry Dearborn, with Jefferson’s Approval, 28 June 1805
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    Dearborn, Henry
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    Jefferson, Thomas
    Date
    28 June 1805

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    “To Thomas Jefferson from Henry Dearborn, with Jefferson’s Approval, 28 June 1805,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-46-02-0645. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, vol. 46, 9 March to 5 July 1805, ed. James P. McClure et al. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2022, p. 649.]

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