Thomas Jefferson Papers

To Thomas Jefferson from Daniele Dolfin, Ambassador of Venice at the Court of Versailles, [ca. 19 May 1785]

From Daniele Dolfin, Ambassador of Venice at the Court of Versailles

[ca. 19 May 1785]

L’Ambassadeur de Venise a l’honneur de faire ses compliments de felicitation à Monsieur Jefferson sur les Audiences qu’il a eu le 17. de ce mois du Roi, de la Reine, et de la Famille Royale en qualité de Ministre Plenipotentiaire des Etats-Units d’Amérique près Sa Majesté.

RC (DLC); undated; addressed: “A Monsieur Monsieur Jefferson Ministre Plenipotentiaire des Etats-Unis d’Amérique Cul de Sac Tetebout En son Hotel”; endorsed: “Visits of ceremony returned.” On 19, 20, and 21 May TJ received numerous formal notes of congratulation similar to the present one from the various members of the diplomatic corps, varying in phraseology but unvarying in substance. These congratulatory notes are to be found in DLC: TJ Papers, 12: 2080, 2082, 2083, 2086, 2087, 2089, 2091, 2092, 2094, 2096, 2099, 2100, 2101, 2103, and 2105.

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    To Thomas Jefferson from Daniele Dolfin, Ambassador of Venice at the Court of Versailles, [ca. 19 May 1785]
    Author
    Dolfin, Daniele I
    Recipient
    Jefferson, Thomas
    Date
    19 May 1785

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    “To Thomas Jefferson from Daniele Dolfin, Ambassador of Venice at the Court of Versailles, [ca. 19 May 1785],” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-08-02-0109. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, vol. 8, 25 February–31 October 1785, ed. Julian P. Boyd. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1953, p. 158.]