Thomas Jefferson Papers

From Thomas Jefferson to Jacob Crowninshield, 11 March 1805

To Jacob Crowninshield

Washington Mar. 11. 05.

Th: Jefferson presents his friendly salutations to mr Crownenshield, and presuming on his kindness formerly experienced asks the favor of him to procure for him a kental of the best dumb-fish to be forwarded to Gibson & Jefferson at Richmond for Monticello. It is intended for use in August & September. Th:J. leaves Washington the day after tomorrow, and will be back about the middle of April. health & respect.

PoC (MHi); endorsed by TJ.

kindness formerly experienced: see Crowninshield to TJ, 14 July 1804; TJ to Crowninshield, 21 July; Crowninshield to TJ, 5 Dec.

dumb-fish, or dunfish, refers to New England cod that is salted and dried in a manner that gives it a dun color (OED description begins J. A. Simpson and E. S. C. Weiner, eds., The Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford, 1989, 20 vols. description ends ).

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    From Thomas Jefferson to Jacob Crowninshield, 11 March 1805
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    “From Thomas Jefferson to Jacob Crowninshield, 11 March 1805,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-46-02-0023. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, vol. 46, 9 March to 5 July 1805, ed. James P. McClure et al. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2022, p. 26.]

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