From Thomas Jefferson to Caesar A. Rodney, 30 March 1804
To Caesar A. Rodney
Washington Mar. 30. [1804]
Dear Sir
I am very happy to be able at length to return you at length the paper we sought so long and so vainly. sorting away a mass of papers the other day, I found it misplaced in a bundle where I should never have sought it. I return it with pleasure, and to congratulations on the addition to your family add my friendly salutations and assurances of great esteem
Th: Jefferson
P.S I leave this tomorrow for Monticello where I propose to pass two or three weeks.
RC (DeHi); partially dated; addressed: “Caesar A. Rodney esq. Wilmington Del.”; franked and postmarked. PoC (DLC); endorsed by TJ as a letter of 30 Mch. 1804 and so recorded in SJL. Enclosure not found, but see below.