Thomas Jefferson Papers

Robert Smith to Thomas Jefferson, 6 July 1804

From Robert Smith

Navy dept. 6 July 1804.

I have the honor to request your Signature to the enclosed Warrants for Lucas, Boatswain, and Taylor, Gunner. These officers are intended for the GunBoat No. 1 now equipping at this place.

Rt Smith

FC (DNA: RG 45, LSP); in a clerk’s hand; at head of text: “The President of the United States.”

James Lucas and William Taylor served on board Gunboat No. 1 (NDBW description begins Dudley W. Knox, ed., Naval Documents Related to the United States Wars with the Barbary Powers, Washington, D.C., 1939-44, 6 vols. and Register of Officer Personnel and Ships’ Data, 1801-1807, Washington, D.C., 1945 description ends , Register, 32, 54).

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    Robert Smith to Thomas Jefferson, 6 July 1804
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    Smith, Robert
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    Jefferson, Thomas
    Date
    6 July 1804

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    “Robert Smith to Thomas Jefferson, 6 July 1804,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-44-02-0034. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, vol. 44, 1 July to 10 November 1804, ed. James P. McClure. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2019, p. 51.]

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