To Thomas Jefferson from Nicolas Gouin Dufief, 28 February 1805
From Nicolas Gouin Dufief
A Philadelphie ce 28 de Février. 1805
Puisse le petit poëme ci Inclus vous amuser seulement un quart d’heure & j’aurai alors parfaitement atteint mon but en vous l’envoyant!
Votre très dévoué serviteur.
N. G. Dufief
Editors’ Translation
Philadelphia, 28 Feb. 1805
If the small poem enclosed here should bring you even a quarter hour of pleasure, it will have perfectly fulfilled my goal in sending it to you!
Your very devoted servant
N. G. Dufief
RC (DLC); at foot of text: “Thomas Jefferson Esqre Président des Etats-Unis”; endorsed by TJ as received 4 Mch. and so recorded in SJL. Enclosure not found.