Thomas Jefferson Papers

To Thomas Jefferson from Robert Fulton, 23 May 1804

From Robert Fulton

London May the 23d, 1804

Sir

On Arriving in England I find I Shall be detained some weeks longer than, I at first calculated I therefore forward your letters committed to my care in Paris, I am Sir with profound respect your most Obedient

Robert Fulton

RC (DLC); at head of text: “His Excellency Thomas Jefferson”; endorsed by TJ as received 16 Aug. and so recorded in SJL. Enclosures: (1) Tadeusz Kosciuszko to TJ, 28 Apr. (2) Volney to TJ, 28 Apr.

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    To Thomas Jefferson from Robert Fulton, 23 May 1804
    Author
    Fulton, Robert
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    Jefferson, Thomas
    Date
    23 May 1804

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    “To Thomas Jefferson from Robert Fulton, 23 May 1804,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-43-02-0362. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, vol. 43, 11 March–30 June 1804, ed. James P. McClure. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2017, p. 474.]

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