Thomas Jefferson Papers

To Thomas Jefferson from Joseph Wheaton, 23 April 1805

From Joseph Wheaton

23. Apl. 1805

Excellent Sir

the bearer Mr. Kimball, from Hanover New Hampshire, is very desirous to See the President, to have an oppertunity of a few moments—to State Some business of considerable importance to himself, (and as he Say’s beneficial to the country) his native defidence is Such as Seems to require Some Sort of introduction—he has no acquaintance in this place—if the President can afford him a few minutes it will be very gratefully recd. by him.

your faithful & Obedient Servant

Joseph Wheaton

RC (DLC); endorsed by TJ as received 23 Apr. and so recorded in SJL.

Mr. Kimball: possibly Increase Kimball, a tinware manufacturer from Hanover, New Hampshire, who received a patent for a nail cutting machine on 1 May (List of Patents description begins A List of Patents Granted by the United States from April 10, 1790, to December 31, 1836, Washington, D.C., 1872 description ends , 53; Dartmouth Gazette, 8 Feb. 1805; Boston American Traveller, 27 Sep. 1856).

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    To Thomas Jefferson from Joseph Wheaton, 23 April 1805
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    Wheaton, Joseph
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    Jefferson, Thomas
    Date
    23 April 1805

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    “To Thomas Jefferson from Joseph Wheaton, 23 April 1805,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-46-02-0245. [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, pp. 241–242.]

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