Thomas Jefferson Papers

To Thomas Jefferson from Edward Thornton, 16 February 1804

From Edward Thornton

Thursday 16 February 1804.

Mr Thornton presents his Respects to the President of the United States, and is sorry that he cannot have the Honour of waiting on him on Friday next.

RC (MHi); addressed: “To The President of the United States”; endorsed by TJ.

Upon Anthony Merry’s arrival in Washington and presentation of his credentials, Edward thornton had Lord Hawkesbury’s permission to return to England, but stayed in America until July 1804 (Malcolm Lester, Anthony Merry Redivivus: A Reappraisal of the British Minister to the United States, 1803-6 [Charlottesville, 1978], 18-19).

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    To Thomas Jefferson from Edward Thornton, 16 February 1804
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    Thornton, Edward
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    Jefferson, Thomas
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    16 February 1804

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    “To Thomas Jefferson from Edward Thornton, 16 February 1804,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-42-02-0422. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, vol. 42, 16 November 1803–10 March 1804, ed. James P. McClure. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2016, pp. 489–490.]

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