Thomas Jefferson Papers

Zaccheus Coffin to Thomas Jefferson, 26 October 1787

From Zaccheus Coffin

Algiers, 26 Oct. 1787. Asks that TJ forward the enclosed letter and that it be sent to Boston, if convenient.

RC (MHi); 2 p.; at foot of text, in Coffin’s hand: “American Slave in algier”; endorsed. Recorded in SJL as received 20 Nov. 1787. The enclosed letter has not been identified.

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    Zaccheus Coffin to Thomas Jefferson, 26 October 1787
    Author
    Coffin, Zaccheus
    Recipient
    Jefferson, Thomas
    Date
    26 October 1787

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    “Zaccheus Coffin to Thomas Jefferson, 26 October 1787,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-12-02-0280. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, vol. 12, 7 August 1787 – 31 March 1788, ed. Julian P. Boyd. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1955, p. 288.]