Thomas Jefferson Papers

To Thomas Jefferson from Robert Patton, 5 May 1802

From Robert Patton

Post office Philada 5th May 1802

Mr. Patton presents his compliments to the President of the United States & begs leave to inform him that, he has received his note, enclosing a letter for Mr. Dupont, which shall be delivered immediately on his arrival in this City.

RC (DLC); endorsed by TJ as received 13 May and so recorded in SJL with notation “Patten PostM Phila.”

TJ’s NOTE to Patton has not been found but it enclosed TJ to Pierre Samuel Du Pont de Nemours, 3 May.

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    To Thomas Jefferson from Robert Patton, 5 May 1802
    Author
    Patton, Robert
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    Jefferson, Thomas
    Date
    5 May 1802

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    “To Thomas Jefferson from Robert Patton, 5 May 1802,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-37-02-0340. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, vol. 37, 4 March–30 June 1802, ed. Barbara B. Oberg. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2010, p. 422.]

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