Thomas Jefferson Papers

To Thomas Jefferson from Gaudenzio Clerici, [1 September 1788]

From Gaudenzio Clerici

[1 Sep. 1788]

I have received—I am so confused in the generous act and generous expressions you make use of that know not how to thank You, or how to reproach myself. May you live happy Honble. Sir.

RC (DLC); written on a scrap of paper, unsigned, undated, and unaddressed; ascribed to Clerici on the basis of handwriting; date supplied conjecturally on the basis of TJ’s letter to Clerici of 31 Aug. 1788.

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    To Thomas Jefferson from Gaudenzio Clerici, [1 September 1788]
    Author
    Clerici, Gaudenzio
    Recipient
    Jefferson, Thomas
    Date
    1 September 1788

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    “To Thomas Jefferson from Gaudenzio Clerici, [1 September 1788],” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-13-02-0438. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, vol. 13, March–7 October 1788, ed. Julian P. Boyd. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1956, p. 558.]

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