Thomas Jefferson to James Pleasants, 3 April 1823
To James Pleasants
Monticello Apr. 3.1 23.
Dear Sir
Duty obliges me to forward to you such letters as the inclosed. I do it willingly on behalf of men of the merit of mr Haessler, but at the same time without any other view than that of enlarging the field of selection, and enabling you to chuse the best subject. I salute you with affectionate esteem and respect.
Th: Jefferson
RC (Vi: RG 57, Applications for Position of Principal Engineer); addressed: “Governor Pleasants Richmond”; franked; postmarked Charlottesville, 5 Apr.; endorsed in an unidentified hand as a letter of 23 Apr. 1823 with the additional notation “(Mr Hassler.).” FC (DLC); on verso of portion of reused address cover to TJ; in TJ’s hand; endorsed by TJ. Recorded in SJL with TJ’s bracketed notation: “Haessler.” Enclosure: Lewis Brantz to TJ, 18 Mar. 1823.
1. Reworked from “4” in FC, with year omitted.
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