Thomas Jefferson Papers

To Thomas Jefferson from Samuel Miller, 8 May 1805

From Samuel Miller

New-York, May 8th, 1805.

Sir,

I do myself the honor to transmit herewith a copy of two “Discourses on Suicide,” lately published, at the request of some of those to whom I minister. Be pleased to accept of it as an inconsiderable offering of respect.

I have the honor to be, Sir, most respectfully, your obedient Servant,

Saml: Miller.

RC (DLC); at foot of text: “The President of the United States”; endorsed by TJ as received 12 May and so recorded in SJL. Enclosure: Samuel Miller, The Guilt, Folly, and Sources of Suicide: Two Discourses, Preached in the City of New-York, February, 1805 (New York, 1805; Sowerby, description begins E. Millicent Sowerby, comp., Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson, Washington, D.C., 1952-59, 5 vols. description ends No. 1677).

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    To Thomas Jefferson from Samuel Miller, 8 May 1805
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    Miller, Samuel
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    Jefferson, Thomas
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    8 May 1805

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    “To Thomas Jefferson from Samuel Miller, 8 May 1805,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-46-02-0358. [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. 343.]

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