Thomas Jefferson Papers

To Thomas Jefferson from Albert Gallatin, 28 March 1804

From Albert Gallatin

March 28 1804

Dear Sir

The enclosed letter was sent to me open by Majr. Claiborne the clerk of the board of Commissioners at Natchez, with a request to read it. As it throws some light on the public transactions connected with that board I send it, but request that it may be returned to be delivered to Mr Williams on his arrival

Respectfully Your obt. Servt.

Albert Gallatin

RC (DLC); addressed: “The President of the United States”; endorsed by TJ as received from the Treasury Department on 28 Mch. and “R. Claiborne’s lre.” and so recorded in SJL. Enclosure not found.

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    To Thomas Jefferson from Albert Gallatin, 28 March 1804
    Author
    Gallatin, Albert
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    Jefferson, Thomas
    Date
    28 March 1804

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    “To Thomas Jefferson from Albert Gallatin, 28 March 1804,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-43-02-0117. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, vol. 43, 11 March–30 June 1804, ed. James P. McClure. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2017, p. 123.]

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