William C. C. Claiborne to Thomas Jefferson, 1 February 1810
From William C. C. Claiborne
New-Orleans February 1st 1810
Dear sir,
In conformity to the request of the Legislative Council & House of Representatives of the Territory of Orleans, I have the honor to transmit you certain Resolutions, expressive of their high sence of “your long, faithful & important public services,” & of their grateful recollection of your interference in the case of the Bature, the preservation of which as a Public Common, is considered to be no less an object of general Utility, than of national Justice.—
The Legislative Council & House of Representatives further request me to convey to you, their best wishes for a continuance of “your Life, health & happiness”;1—to which, I must beg leave to add those also of
William C. C. Claiborne
RC (DNA: RG 59, LCBNO); at foot of text: “Mr Thomas Jefferson Monticello Virginia”; endorsed by TJ as received 15 Mar. 1810, but recorded in SJL as received seven days later. Enclosure: Resolutions of the Orleans Territorial Legislature, [19 Jan. 1810].
1. Omitted closing quotation mark editorially supplied.
Index Entries
- Batture Sainte Marie, controversy over; resolutions of Orleans territorial legislature concerning search
- Claiborne, William Charles Coles; letters from search
- Claiborne, William Charles Coles; transmits messages to and from Orleans territorial legislature search
- Jefferson, Thomas; Public Service; as president search
- Orleans Territory; legislature of search