From Thomas Jefferson to Hugh Holmes, 22 December 1803
To Hugh Holmes
Washington Dec. 22. 03.
Th: Jefferson presents his friendly salutations to mr Holmes, & his congratulations on his appointment to the chair of the H. of Representatives of Virginia, and prays his acceptance of the small volume inclosed.
RC (Mr. and Mrs. James J. White, Charlotte, North Carolina, 1981); pasted by Holmes, or later, into a copy of TJ’s A Manual of Parliamentary Practice. For the Use of the Senate of the United States (Washington, D.C., 1801); signed by Holmes and with corrections to the text by TJ. Not recorded in SJL.