To Thomas Jefferson from Henry Dearborn, 30 January 1805
From Henry Dearborn
[30 Jan. 1805]
Sir
Having been honoured with your note enclosing a letter to the Mayor of N. York, I can only observe, that as far as I am capable of Judging, every idea is convey’d in the letter which the nature of the subject requires.
Yours,
H. Dearborn
RC (DLC); undated; at foot of text: “The President of the United States”; endorsed by TJ as received from the War Department on 30 Jan. and “Defence N. York” and so recorded in SJL.
The note from TJ has not been found and is not recorded in SJL.
letter to the Mayor of N. York: see TJ to DeWitt Clinton, 29 Jan.