Thomas Jefferson Papers

To Thomas Jefferson from John Davis, 11 May 1805

From John Davis

Philadelphia, May 11, 1805.

Sir,

I entreat you will do me the honour to accept the enclosed volume. I have taken the liberty to prefix to it your sanction of my undertaking, and am with the liveliest gratitude,

Sir, your most obedient, most humble Servant,

John Davis.

RC (DLC); addressed: “Thomas Jefferson, President of the United States”; endorsed by TJ as received 20 May. Enclosure: probably Captain Smith and Princess Pocahontas, An Indian Tale, published in Philadelphia in May 1805 (Relfs Philadelphia Gazette, 25 May).

your sanction: see Davis to TJ, 13 Mch.

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    To Thomas Jefferson from John Davis, 11 May 1805
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    Davis, John
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    Jefferson, Thomas
    Date
    11 May 1805

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    “To Thomas Jefferson from John Davis, 11 May 1805,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-46-02-0370. [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. 354.]

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