Thomas Jefferson Papers

To Thomas Jefferson from George Fowler, with Jefferson’s Note, 21 October 1804

From George Fowler,
with Jefferson’s Note

City Washington Oct. 21st. 1804

Sir

I about six weeks ago took the liberty to write you a letter and sent it by post. Having never recd. an answer I presume you have long since formed your intention and I would thank you to be so obliging as to return my letter by the bearer,

Your obt.

Geo. Fowler

[Note by TJ:]

the letter was returned to him.

RC (DLC); addressed: “The President of the United States”; endorsed by TJ as received 21 Oct. and so recorded in SJL.

TJ received Fowler’s letter of 6 Sep. on 14 Sep. (see Appendix IV).

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    To Thomas Jefferson from George Fowler, with Jefferson’s Note, 21 October 1804
    Author
    Fowler, George
    Recipient
    Jefferson, Thomas
    Date
    21 October 1804

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    “To Thomas Jefferson from George Fowler, with Jefferson’s Note, 21 October 1804,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-44-02-0514. [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. 576.]