Thomas Jefferson Papers

From Thomas Jefferson to George Washington, 20 March 1793

To George Washington

Mar. 20. 93.

Th: Jefferson, with his respects to the President, observes in answer to the note of yesterday respecting directions to the Mint for the assay of the new coins, that the Departments being instituted to relieve the President from the details of execution, it will be sufficient that the directions go from the head of the department, the President’s approbation being known. They shall accordingly be given.

RC (DNA: RG 59, MLR); addressed: “The President of the US.”; endorsed by Tobias Lear. PrC (DLC); partially overwritten in a later hand. Tr (Lb in DNA: RG 59, SDC). Recorded in SJPL.

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    From Thomas Jefferson to George Washington, 20 March 1793
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    Jefferson, Thomas
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    Washington, George
    Date
    20 March 1793

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    “From Thomas Jefferson to George Washington, 20 March 1793,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-25-02-0378. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, vol. 25, 1 January–10 May 1793, ed. John Catanzariti. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1992, p. 412.]

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